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Leptogenesis and neutrino oscillations in the classically conformal standard model with the Higgs portal

Khoze, Valentin V.; Ro, Gunnar

Authors

Gunnar Ro



Abstract

The Standard Model with an added Higgs portal interaction and no explicit mass terms is a classically scale-invariant theory. In this case the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking can be induced radiatively by the Coleman-Weinberg mechanism operational in a hidden sector, and then transmitted to the Standard Model through the Higgs portal. The smallness of the generated values for the Higgs vev and mass, compared to the UV cutoff of our classically scale-invariant effective theory, is naturally explained by this mechanism. We show how these classically conformal models can generate the baryon asymmetry of the Universe without the need of introducing mass scales by hand or their resonant fine-tuning. The minimal model we consider is the Standard Model coupled to the Coleman-Weinberg scalar field charged under the U(1) B−L gauge group. Anomaly cancellation requires automatic inclusion of three generations of right-handed neutrinos. Their GeV-scale Majorana masses are induced by the Coleman-Weinberg field and lead to the generation of active neutrino masses through the standard see-saw mechanism. Leptogenesis occurs via flavour oscillations of right-handed sterile neutrinos and is converted to the baryon asymmetry by electroweak sphalerons.

Citation

Khoze, V. V., & Ro, G. (2013). Leptogenesis and neutrino oscillations in the classically conformal standard model with the Higgs portal. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(10), Article 75. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282013%29075

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Oct 11, 2013
Deposit Date May 20, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN 1126-6708
Publisher Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2013
Issue 10
Article Number 75
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282013%29075

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