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Strong thermal leptogenesis and the absolute neutrino mass scale

Strong thermal leptogenesis and the absolute neutrino mass scale
Strong thermal leptogenesis and the absolute neutrino mass scale
We show that successful strong thermal leptogenesis, where the final asymmetry is independent of the initial conditions and in particular a large pre-existing asymmetry is efficiently washed-out, favours values of the lightest neutrino mass m1gtrsim10 meV for normal ordering (NO) and m1gtrsim3 meV for inverted ordering (IO) for models with orthogonal matrix entries respecting |?ij2|lesssim2. We show analytically why lower values of m1 require a higher level of fine tuning in the seesaw formula and/or in the flavoured decay parameters (in the electronic for NO, in the muonic for IO). We also show how this constraint exists thanks to the measured values of the neutrino mixing angles and could be tightened by a future determination of the Dirac phase. Our analysis also allows us to place a more stringent constraint for a specific model or class of models, such as SO(10)-inspired models, and shows that some models cannot realise strong thermal leptogenesis for any value of m1. A scatter plot analysis fully supports the analytical results. We also briefly discuss the interplay with absolute neutrino mass scale experiments concluding that they will be able in the coming years to either corner strong thermal leptogenesis or find positive signals pointing to a non-vanishing m1. Since the constraint is much stronger for NO than for IO, it is very important that new data from planned neutrino oscillation experiments will be able to solve the ambiguity.
leptogenesis, neutrino masses from cosmology
1475-7516
Di Bari, Pasquale
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King, Sophie E.
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Fiorentin, Michele Re
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Di Bari, Pasquale
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King, Sophie E.
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Fiorentin, Michele Re
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Di Bari, Pasquale, King, Sophie E. and Fiorentin, Michele Re (2014) Strong thermal leptogenesis and the absolute neutrino mass scale. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2014 (3). (doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2014/03/050).

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We show that successful strong thermal leptogenesis, where the final asymmetry is independent of the initial conditions and in particular a large pre-existing asymmetry is efficiently washed-out, favours values of the lightest neutrino mass m1gtrsim10 meV for normal ordering (NO) and m1gtrsim3 meV for inverted ordering (IO) for models with orthogonal matrix entries respecting |?ij2|lesssim2. We show analytically why lower values of m1 require a higher level of fine tuning in the seesaw formula and/or in the flavoured decay parameters (in the electronic for NO, in the muonic for IO). We also show how this constraint exists thanks to the measured values of the neutrino mixing angles and could be tightened by a future determination of the Dirac phase. Our analysis also allows us to place a more stringent constraint for a specific model or class of models, such as SO(10)-inspired models, and shows that some models cannot realise strong thermal leptogenesis for any value of m1. A scatter plot analysis fully supports the analytical results. We also briefly discuss the interplay with absolute neutrino mass scale experiments concluding that they will be able in the coming years to either corner strong thermal leptogenesis or find positive signals pointing to a non-vanishing m1. Since the constraint is much stronger for NO than for IO, it is very important that new data from planned neutrino oscillation experiments will be able to solve the ambiguity.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 March 2014
Published date: 26 March 2014
Keywords: leptogenesis, neutrino masses from cosmology
Organisations: Physics & Astronomy

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Local EPrints ID: 369355
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/369355
ISSN: 1475-7516
PURE UUID: 34714882-2136-4b1a-ac06-71a68b280849

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Date deposited: 24 Sep 2014 11:28
Last modified: 12 Jul 2024 16:40

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Author: Sophie E. King
Author: Michele Re Fiorentin

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