Blocking Mesogenesis

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel approach to Mesogenesis by using a late-time phase transition to alter dark sector particle masses, thereby evading experimental constraints on baryon asymmetry generation.

Contribution

It introduces a mechanism to circumvent existing experimental bounds on Mesogenesis through a late-time phase transition affecting dark sector particle masses.

Findings

The proposed model relaxes constraints from meson decay experiments.

It potentially allows for successful baryogenesis without conflicting with proton lifetime limits.

The mechanism modifies decay kinematics via a late-time phase transition.

Abstract

Mechanisms of Mesogenesis generate the baryon asymmetry and dark matter of the Universe through late-time decays of Standard Model mesons into baryons and dark matter states. Utilizing the CP violation in the meson systems themselves, the resulting baryon asymmetry is directly controlled by collider observables, the CP asymmetry $A_{CP}$, and the branching fraction for the meson decays. Experimental probes of these decays place strong constraints on the amount of $CP$ violation required, placing it well above observed limits in meson mixing. Additionally, strong lower bounds on the proton lifetime seemingly rule out Mesogenesis mechanisms which use $D$ mesons. In this work, we propose to circumvent these constraints by ``morphing'' the mass of the dark sector particles using a late-time phase transition. The change in mass of the final decay products kinematically excludes meson and proton decays, relaxing the constraints on the model parameter space.