When inverse seesaw meets inverse electroweak phase transition: a novel path to leptogenesis

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Main Authors: Ai, Wen-Yuan, Huang, Peisi, Xie, Ke-Pan
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author Ai, Wen-Yuan
Huang, Peisi
Xie, Ke-Pan
author_facet Ai, Wen-Yuan
Huang, Peisi
Xie, Ke-Pan
contents We propose a new nonthermal leptogenesis mechanism triggered by the cosmic first-order phase transition. The Standard Model is extended with two generations of TeV-scale vectorlike leptons. The lighter generation gives rise to an inverse electroweak phase transition of the Higgs field at $T\sim200~{\rm GeV}$, restoring the symmetry, and resulting in relativistic bubble expansion in the space. The heavier generation is responsible for neutrino masses via the inverse seesaw mechanism. The interaction between bubble walls and particles in the plasma abundantly produces the vectorlike leptons, and they subsequently undergo CP-violating decay to generate the baryon asymmetry. This mechanism is testable at current and future particle experiments.
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spellingShingle When inverse seesaw meets inverse electroweak phase transition: a novel path to leptogenesis
Ai, Wen-Yuan
Huang, Peisi
Xie, Ke-Pan
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We propose a new nonthermal leptogenesis mechanism triggered by the cosmic first-order phase transition. The Standard Model is extended with two generations of TeV-scale vectorlike leptons. The lighter generation gives rise to an inverse electroweak phase transition of the Higgs field at $T\sim200~{\rm GeV}$, restoring the symmetry, and resulting in relativistic bubble expansion in the space. The heavier generation is responsible for neutrino masses via the inverse seesaw mechanism. The interaction between bubble walls and particles in the plasma abundantly produces the vectorlike leptons, and they subsequently undergo CP-violating decay to generate the baryon asymmetry. This mechanism is testable at current and future particle experiments.
title When inverse seesaw meets inverse electroweak phase transition: a novel path to leptogenesis
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09000