scholarly journals A case of subdominant/suppressed “high energy” contribution to the baryon asymmetry of the Universe in flavoured leptogenesis

2009 ◽  
Vol 671 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Molinaro ◽  
S.T. Petcov
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Energy Contribution ◽  
The Universe

scholarly journals Estimation of baryon asymmetry from dark matter decaying into IceCube neutrinos

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150078
Author(s):  
Tista Mukherjee ◽  
Madhurima Pandey ◽  
Debasish Majumdar ◽  
Ashadul Halder
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Lower Energy ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Astrophysical Source ◽  
High Energy Neutrinos ◽  
The Universe

The recent results of IceCube Neutrino Observatory include an excess of PeV neutrino events which appear to follow a broken power-law different from the other lower energy neutrinos detected by IceCube. The possible astrophysical source of these neutrinos is still unknown. One possible source of such neutrinos could be the decay of nonthermal, long-lived heavy mass dark matter, whose mass should be [Formula: see text] GeV and could have produced at the very early Universe. They can undergo cascading decay via both hadronic and leptonic channels to finally produce such high energy neutrinos. This possibility has been explored in this work by studying the decay flux of these dark matter candidates. The mass and lifetime of such dark matter particles have been obtained by performing a [Formula: see text] fit with the PeV neutrino data of IceCube. We finally estimate the baryon asymmetry produced in the Universe due to such dark matter decay.

scholarly journals Search for GeV-Scale Sterile Neutrinos Responsible for Active Neutrino Oscillations and Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Gninenko ◽  
D. S. Gorbunov ◽  
M. E. Shaposhnikov
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Decay Length ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
Active Neutrino ◽  
The Universe

Standard Model fails to explain neutrino oscillations, dark matter, and baryon asymmetry of the Universe. All these problems can be solved with three sterile neutrinos added to SM. Quite remarkably, if sterile neutrino masses are well below the electroweak scale, this modification—Neutrino Minimal Standard Model (νMSM)—can be tested experimentally. We discuss a new experiment on search for decays of GeV-scale sterile neutrinos, which are responsible for the matter-antimatter asymmetry generation and for the active neutrino masses. If lighter than 2 GeV, these particles can be produced in decays of charm mesons generated by high energy protons in a target, and subsequently decay into SM particles. To fully explore this sector ofνMSM, the new experiment requires data obtained with at least1020incident protons on target (achievable at CERN SPS in future) and a big volume detector constructed from a large amount of identical single modules, with a total sterile neutrino decay length of few kilometers. The preliminary feasibility study for the proposed experiment shows that it has sensitivity which may either lead to the discovery of new particles below the Fermi scale—right-handed partners of neutrinos—or rule out seesaw sterile neutrinos with masses below 2 GeV.

scholarly journals Modeling Gamma-Ray SEDs and Angular Extensions of Extreme TeV Blazars from Intergalactic Proton-Initiated Cascades in Contemporary Astrophysical EGMF Models

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Emil Khalikov
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Rays ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Cascade Model ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Spectral Energy ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Cherenkov Telescopes ◽  
The Universe

The intrinsic spectra of some distant blazars known as “extreme TeV blazars” have shown a hint at an anomalous hardening in the TeV energy region. Several extragalactic propagation models have been proposed to explain this possible excess transparency of the Universe to gamma-rays starting from a model which assumes the existence of so-called axion-like particles (ALPs) and the new process of gamma-ALP oscillations. Alternative models suppose that some of the observable gamma-rays are produced in the intergalactic cascades. This work focuses on investigating the spectral and angular features of one of the cascade models, the Intergalactic Hadronic Cascade Model (IHCM) in the contemporary astrophysical models of Extragalactic Magnetic Field (EGMF). For IHCM, EGMF largely determines the deflection of primary cosmic rays and electrons of intergalactic cascades and, thus, is of vital importance. Contemporary Hackstein models are considered in this paper and compared to the model of Dolag. The models assumed are based on simulations of the local part of large-scale structure of the Universe and differ in the assumptions for the seed field. This work provides spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and angular extensions of two extreme TeV blazars, 1ES 0229+200 and 1ES 0414+009. It is demonstrated that observable SEDs inside a typical point spread function of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for IHCM would exhibit a characteristic high-energy attenuation compared to the ones obtained in hadronic models that do not consider EGMF, which makes it possible to distinguish among these models. At the same time, the spectra for IHCM models would have longer high energy tails than some available spectra for the ALP models and the universal spectra for the Electromagnetic Cascade Model (ECM). The analysis of the IHCM observable angular extensions shows that the sources would likely be identified by most IACTs not as point sources but rather as extended ones. These spectra could later be compared with future observation data of such instruments as Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) and LHAASO.

scholarly journals Dynamo effects in gravity

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 02009
Author(s):  
Boris Shevtsov
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Constant ◽  
Nonlinear Oscillations ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
System Of Equations ◽  
Fractal Structures ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Made In

Nonlinear oscillations in the dynamic system of gravitational and material fields are considered. The problems of singularities and caustics in gravity, expansion and baryon asymmetry of the Universe, wave prohibition of collapse into black holes, and failure of the Big Bang concept are discussed. It is assumed that the effects of the expansion of the Universe are coupling with the reverse collapse of dark matter. This hypothesis is used to substantiate the vortex and fractal structures in the distribution of matter. A system of equations is proposed for describing turbulent and fluctuation processes in gravitational and material fields. Estimates of the di usion parameters of such a system are made in comparison with the gravitational constant.

scholarly journals ULTRAHIGH ENERGY NEUTRINO PHYSICS

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 317-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA M. STAŚTO
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Physics ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Ultrahigh Energy ◽  
Production Rates ◽  
Precise Knowledge ◽  
Detection Probabilities ◽  
Interaction Cross Sections ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Origin Of The Universe

Ultrahigh energy neutrinos can provide important information about the distant astronomical objects and the origin of the Universe. Precise knowledge about neutrino interactions and production rates is essential for estimating background, expected fluxes and detection probabilities. In this paper we review the applications of the high energy QCD to the calculations of the interaction cross-sections of the neutrinos. We also study the production of the ultrahigh energy neutrinos in the atmosphere due to the charm and beauty decays.

scholarly journals Dark Matter and the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Glennys R. Farrar ◽  
Gabrijela Zaharijas
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
The Universe

Baryon asymmetry of the universe. A Monte Carlo study on the lattice

1987 ◽  
Vol 197 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ambjørn ◽  
M. Laursen ◽  
M.E. Shaposhnikov
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Study ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
The Universe

scholarly journals A dark clue to seesaw and leptogenesis in a pseudo-Dirac singlet doublet scenario with (non)standard cosmology

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Partha Konar ◽  
Ananya Mukherjee ◽  
Abhijit Kumar Saha ◽  
Sudipta Show
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Thermal History ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Mass Term ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Lepton Asymmetry ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Universe

Abstract We propose an appealing alternative scenario of leptogenesis assisted by dark sector which leads to the baryon asymmetry of the Universe satisfying all theoretical and experimental constraints. The dark sector carries a non minimal set up of singlet doublet fermionic dark matter extended with copies of a real singlet scalar field. A small Majorana mass term for the singlet dark fermion, in addition to the typical Dirac term, provides the more favourable dark matter of pseudo-Dirac type, capable of escaping the direct search. Such a construction also offers a formidable scope to radiative generation of active neutrino masses. In the presence of a (non)standard thermal history of the Universe, we perform the detailed dark matter phenomenology adopting the suitable benchmark scenarios, consistent with direct detection and neutrino oscillations data. Besides, we have demonstrated that the singlet scalars can go through CP-violating out of equilibrium decay, producing an ample amount of lepton asymmetry. Such an asymmetry then gets converted into the observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe through the non-perturbative sphaleron processes owing to the presence of the alternative cosmological background considered here. Unconventional thermal history of the Universe can thus aspire to lend a critical role both in the context of dark matter as well as in realizing baryogenesis.

Construction of neutrino models with non-vanishing θ13 and leptogenesis

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (12) ◽  
pp. 1561-1565
Author(s):  
Ng. K. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Daya Bay ◽  
Mass Model ◽  
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis ◽  
Great Discovery ◽  
Neutrino Mass Models ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Inflationary Models

We construct the neutrino mass models with non-vanishing θ13 and estimate the baryon asymmetry of the universe and subsequently derive the constraints on the inflaton mass and the reheating temperature after inflation. The great discovery of this decade, the detection of Higgs boson of mass 126 GeV and nonzero θ13, makes leptogenesis all the more exciting. Besides, the neutrino mass model is compatible with inflaton mass 1010–1013 GeV corresponding to reheating temperature TR ∼ 105–107 GeV to overcome the gravitino constraint in supersymmetry and big bang nucleosynthesis. When Daya Bay data θ13 ≈ 9° is included in the model, τ predominates over e and μ contributions, which are indeed a good sign. It is shown that neutrino mass models for a successful leptogenesis can be accommodated for a variety of inflationary models with a rather wide ranging inflationary scale.

scholarly journals Primordial black holes from the QCD epoch: linking dark matter, baryogenesis, and anthropic selection

2020 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. 1426-1439
Author(s):  
Bernard Carr ◽  
Sebastien Clesse ◽  
Juan García-Bellido
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Selection Effect ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Primordial Black Holes ◽  
Cosmological Horizon ◽  
Chandrasekhar Limit ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Characteristic Mass

ABSTRACT If primordial black holes (PBHs) formed at the quark-hadron epoch, their mass must be close to the Chandrasekhar limit, this also being the characteristic mass of stars. If they provide the dark matter (DM), the collapse fraction must be of order the cosmological baryon-to-photon ratio ∼10−9, which suggests a scenario in which a baryon asymmetry is produced efficiently in the outgoing shock around each PBH and then propagates to the rest of the Universe. We suggest that the temperature increase in the shock provides the ingredients for hotspot electroweak baryogenesis. This also explains why baryons and DM have comparable densities, the precise ratio depending on the size of the PBH relative to the cosmological horizon at formation. The observed value of the collapse fraction and baryon asymmetry depends on the amplitude of the curvature fluctuations that generate the PBHs and may be explained by an anthropic selection effect associated with the existence of galaxies. We propose a scenario in which the quantum fluctuations of a light stochastic spectator field during inflation generate large curvature fluctuations in some regions, with the stochasticity of this field providing the basis for the required selection. Finally, we identify several observational predictions of our scenario that should be testable within the next few years. In particular, the PBH mass function could extend to sufficiently high masses to explain the black hole coalescences observed by LIGO/Virgo.

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