Radiative leptogenesis at the TeV scale

Abstract

We construct an explicit model implementing leptogenesis proceeding via the radiative decay of heavy right handed neutrino. In a simple extension of the Standard Model, a discrete symmetry forbids the usual decays of the right-handed neutrinos, while allowing for an effective coupling between the left-handed and right-handed neutrinos through the dipole moment operator. This generates correct leptogenesis with resonant enhancement and also the required neutrino mass via a TeV scale seesaw mechanism. The model is consistent with low energy phenomenology and would have distinct signals in the next generation colliders, and, perhaps even the LHC.