TY - JOUR
T1 - Effective theory of Resonant Leptogenesis in the Closed-Time-Path approach
AU - Garbrecht, Björn
AU - Herranen, Matti
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation .
PY - 2012/8/1
Y1 - 2012/8/1
N2 - We describe mixing scalar particles and Majorana fermions using Closed-Time-Path methods. From the Kadanoff-Baym equations, we obtain the charge asymmetry, that is generated from decays and inverse decays of the mixing particles. Within one single formalism, we thereby treat Leptogenesis from oscillations and recover as well the standard results for the asymmetry in Resonant Leptogenesis, which apply when the oscillation frequency is much larger than the decay rate. Analytic solutions for two mixing neutral particles in a constant-temperature background illustrate our results qualitatively. We also perform the modification of the kinetic equations that is necessary in order to take account of the expansion of the Universe and the washout of the asymmetry.
AB - We describe mixing scalar particles and Majorana fermions using Closed-Time-Path methods. From the Kadanoff-Baym equations, we obtain the charge asymmetry, that is generated from decays and inverse decays of the mixing particles. Within one single formalism, we thereby treat Leptogenesis from oscillations and recover as well the standard results for the asymmetry in Resonant Leptogenesis, which apply when the oscillation frequency is much larger than the decay rate. Analytic solutions for two mixing neutral particles in a constant-temperature background illustrate our results qualitatively. We also perform the modification of the kinetic equations that is necessary in order to take account of the expansion of the Universe and the washout of the asymmetry.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.03.009
DO - 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.03.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859213365
SN - 0550-3213
VL - 861
SP - 17
EP - 52
JO - Nuclear Physics, Section B
JF - Nuclear Physics, Section B
IS - 1
ER -