Leptogenesis in the Universe

Leptogenesis is a class of scenarios in which the cosmic baryon asymmetry originates from an initial lepton asymmetry generated in the decays of heavy sterile neutrinos in the early Universe. We explain why leptogenesis is an appealing mechanism for baryogenesis. We review its motivations and the ba...

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Main Authors: Chee Sheng Fong, Enrico Nardi, Antonio Riotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/158303
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