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Main Authors: Mohapatra, Rabindra N., Okada, Nobuchika
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07136
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author Mohapatra, Rabindra N.
Okada, Nobuchika
author_facet Mohapatra, Rabindra N.
Okada, Nobuchika
contents The minimal scotogenic model where small neutrino masses arise via radiative seesaw, is known to provide a unified framework for neutrino mass and origin of matter via leptogenesis. However if the inflation reheat temperature of the universe is below the sphaleron reheating temperature, then leptogenesis fails and one way to understand the origin of matter would be to add an effective interaction involving the right handed neutrino (RHN) $N$ of the form $\frac{1}{Λ^2}N u_Rd_Rd_R$. This model can lead to observable neutron-anti-neutron ($n-\bar{n}$) oscillation. We show that if RHNs are produced non-thermally, we can get a cosmological upper limit on the transition time $τ_{n-\bar{n}}$, which is within the reach of the planned ESS HIBEAM/NNBAR experiment. The proton stability is guaranteed by the scotogenic $Z_2$ invariance, which prevents the appearance of the Dirac mass term for the neutrino
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spellingShingle Radiative Seesaw Model with Baryon Number Violation and Upper Limit on Neutron-anti-Neutron Transition Time
Mohapatra, Rabindra N.
Okada, Nobuchika
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The minimal scotogenic model where small neutrino masses arise via radiative seesaw, is known to provide a unified framework for neutrino mass and origin of matter via leptogenesis. However if the inflation reheat temperature of the universe is below the sphaleron reheating temperature, then leptogenesis fails and one way to understand the origin of matter would be to add an effective interaction involving the right handed neutrino (RHN) $N$ of the form $\frac{1}{Λ^2}N u_Rd_Rd_R$. This model can lead to observable neutron-anti-neutron ($n-\bar{n}$) oscillation. We show that if RHNs are produced non-thermally, we can get a cosmological upper limit on the transition time $τ_{n-\bar{n}}$, which is within the reach of the planned ESS HIBEAM/NNBAR experiment. The proton stability is guaranteed by the scotogenic $Z_2$ invariance, which prevents the appearance of the Dirac mass term for the neutrino
title Radiative Seesaw Model with Baryon Number Violation and Upper Limit on Neutron-anti-Neutron Transition Time
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07136