Inflationary Gravitational Wave Spectral Shapes as test for Low-Scale Leptogenesis
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| author | Borboruah, Zafri A. Ghoshal, Anish Malhotra, Lekhika Yajnik, Urjit |
| author_facet | Borboruah, Zafri A. Ghoshal, Anish Malhotra, Lekhika Yajnik, Urjit |
| contents | We study non-thermal resonant leptogenesis in a general setting where a heavy majoron $ϕ$ decays to right-handed neutrinos (RHNs) whose further out-of-equilibrium decay generates the required lepton asymmetry. Domination of the energy budget of the Universe by the $ϕ$ or the RHNs alters the evolution history of the primordial gravitational waves (PGW) of inflationary origin, which re-enter the horizon after inflation, modifying the spectral shape. The decays of $ϕ$ and RHNs release entropy into the early Universe while nearly degenerate RHNs facilitate low and intermediate-scale leptogenesis. A characteristic damping of the GW spectrum resulting in knee-like features would provide evidence for low-scale non-thermal leptogenesis. We explore the parameter space for the lightest right-handed neutrino mass $M_1\in[10^2,10^{14}]$ GeV and washout parameter $K$ that depends on the light-heavy neutrino Yukawa couplings $λ$, in the weak ($K < 1$) and strong ($K > 1$) washout regimes. The resulting novel features compatible with observed baryon asymmetry are detectable by future experiments like LISA and ET. By estimating signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for upcoming GW experiments, we investigate the effect of the majoron mass $M_ϕ$ and reheating temperature $T_ϕ$, which depends on the $ϕ-N$ Yukawa couplings $y_N$. |
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| spellingShingle | Inflationary Gravitational Wave Spectral Shapes as test for Low-Scale Leptogenesis Borboruah, Zafri A. Ghoshal, Anish Malhotra, Lekhika Yajnik, Urjit High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory We study non-thermal resonant leptogenesis in a general setting where a heavy majoron $ϕ$ decays to right-handed neutrinos (RHNs) whose further out-of-equilibrium decay generates the required lepton asymmetry. Domination of the energy budget of the Universe by the $ϕ$ or the RHNs alters the evolution history of the primordial gravitational waves (PGW) of inflationary origin, which re-enter the horizon after inflation, modifying the spectral shape. The decays of $ϕ$ and RHNs release entropy into the early Universe while nearly degenerate RHNs facilitate low and intermediate-scale leptogenesis. A characteristic damping of the GW spectrum resulting in knee-like features would provide evidence for low-scale non-thermal leptogenesis. We explore the parameter space for the lightest right-handed neutrino mass $M_1\in[10^2,10^{14}]$ GeV and washout parameter $K$ that depends on the light-heavy neutrino Yukawa couplings $λ$, in the weak ($K < 1$) and strong ($K > 1$) washout regimes. The resulting novel features compatible with observed baryon asymmetry are detectable by future experiments like LISA and ET. By estimating signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for upcoming GW experiments, we investigate the effect of the majoron mass $M_ϕ$ and reheating temperature $T_ϕ$, which depends on the $ϕ-N$ Yukawa couplings $y_N$. |
| title | Inflationary Gravitational Wave Spectral Shapes as test for Low-Scale Leptogenesis |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.06603 |