An introduction to leptogenesis and neutrino properties

Abstract

This is an introductory review of the main features of leptogenesis, one of the most attractive models of baryogenesis for the explanation of the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. The calculation of the asymmetry in leptogenesis is intimately related to neutrino properties so that leptogenesis is also an important phenomenological tool to test the see-saw mechanism for the generation of neutrino masses and mixing and the underlying theory beyond the Standard Model.

28 pages; 7 figures; invited introductory review to appear in Contemporary Physics

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• Flavour Matters in Leptogenesis
• Evidence of theta(13)>0 from global neutrino data analysis
• A Matter-Antimatter Universe?
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• Consequences of Triplet Seesaw for Leptogenesis
• The Baryogenesis Window in the MSSM
• On the Connection of Leptogenesis with Low Energy CP Violation and LFV Charged Lepton Decays
• Flavour-Dependent Leptogenesis with Sequential Dominance
• Quantum Boltzmann Equations and Leptogenesis
• On Higgs and sphaleron effects during the leptogenesis era
• On the Impact of Flavour Oscillations in Leptogenesis
• Leptogenesis beyond the limit of hierarchical heavy neutrino masses
• Successful type I Leptogenesis with SO(10)-inspired mass relations
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