A consistent model for leptogenesis, dark matter and the IceCube signal

TL;DR

This paper proposes a left-right symmetric model where right-handed neutrinos explain baryogenesis, dark matter, and IceCube signals, linking neutrino physics with cosmology and high-energy astrophysical observations.

Contribution

It introduces a unified framework connecting leptogenesis, dark matter, and IceCube neutrino signals via right-handed neutrinos in a left-right symmetric model, with specific predictions on reheating temperature.

Findings

IceCube neutrino flux explained by N1 decays

Lower bound on reheating temperature at 7×10^9 GeV

N1 production via freeze-in mechanism

Abstract

We discuss a left-right symmetric extension of the Standard Model in which the three additional right-handed neutrinos play a central role in explaining the baryon asymmetry of the Universe, the dark matter abundance and the ultra energetic signal detected by the IceCube experiment. The energy spectrum and neutrino flux measured by IceCube are ascribed to the decays of the lightest right-handed neutrino $N_1$, thus fixing its mass and lifetime, while the production of $N_1$ in the primordial thermal bath occurs via a freeze-in mechanism driven by the additional $SU(2)_R$ interactions. The constraints imposed by IceCube and the dark matter abundance allow nonetheless the heavier right-handed neutrinos to realize a standard type-I seesaw leptogenesis, with the $B-L$ asymmetry dominantly produced by the next-to-lightest neutrino $N_2$. Further consequences and predictions of the model are that: the $N_1$ production implies a specific power-law relation between the reheating temperature of the Universe and the vacuum expectation value of the $SU(2)_R$ triplet; leptogenesis imposes a lower bound on the reheating temperature of the Universe at $7\times10^9\,\mbox{GeV}$. Additionally, the model requires a vanishing absolute neutrino mass scale $m_1\simeq0$.