Dark Sector Assisted Low Scale Leptogenesis from Three Body Decay

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel minimal model where leptogenesis occurs via three-body decay at TeV scale, linking it with dark matter and neutrino mass generation, and enabling experimental tests.

Contribution

It proposes the first model of leptogenesis from three-body decay involving CP asymmetry from interference of multiple diagrams, at a significantly lower scale than previous models.

Findings

Leptogenesis can occur at ~1 TeV scale with minimal extensions.

The model naturally incorporates two-component scalar dark matter.

Testable predictions at current and future experiments due to TeV-scale particles.

Abstract

We study the possibility of realising leptogenesis from three body decay, dark matter (DM) and neutrino mass in a minimal framework. We propose a first of its kind model to implement the idea of leptogenesis from three body decay where CP asymmetry arises from interference of multiple $1 \rightarrow 3$ diagrams using resummed propagators along with DM. The standard model is extended by three heavy singlet fermions, one scalar singlet and one scalar doublet with appropriate discrete charges. Two of these singlet fermions not only play non-trivial roles in generating light neutrino mass at radiative level in scotogenic fashion, but also act as mediators in three body decay of the third singlet fermion leading to desired CP asymmetry through interference of such diagrams. With just one additional field compared to the minimal scotogenic model, we show that successful leptogenesis can occur at a scale as low as approximately 1 TeV which is much lower than the leptogenesis scale found for minimal scotogenic model. Also, the realisation of this three body decay leptogenesis naturally leads to a two component scalar singlet-doublet dark matter scenario offering a rich phenomenology. Apart from having interesting interplay of different couplings involved in processes related to both leptogenesis and dark matter, the model can also be tested at different experiments due to the existence of its particle spectrum at TeV scale.