Phase Transition-Driven Leptogenesis
摘要
A temperature-dependent mass of right handed neutrinos (RHNs) is induced by an early phase transition at temperature \(T_*\) that eventually stabilizes to a constant value through the Higgs vacuum expectation value after electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB). This mass variation allows RHNs to acquire a mass below the electroweak scale ( \({\sim }100\) GeV) at zero temperature while still generating sufficient baryon asymmetry near \(T_*\) . Notably, a low RHN mass at \(T=0\) enhances detection prospects. Furthermore, a primordial lepton asymmetry can be accommodated in this framework after EWSB, as indicated by helium abundance measurements.