Kinetic equations for sterile neutrinos from thermal fluctuations
Nov 12, 201930 pages
Published in:
- JCAP 02 (2020) 033
- Published: Feb 27, 2020
e-Print:
- 1911.05092 [hep-ph]
DOI:
- 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/02/033 (publication)
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We obtain non-linear kinetic equations for sterile neutrino occupancies and lepton minus baryon numbers by matching real time correlation functions of thermal fluctuations computed in an effective description to those computed in thermal quantum field theory. After expanding in the sterile-neutrino Yukawa couplings, the coefficients in the equations are written as real time correlation functions of Standard Model operators. Our kinetic equations are valid for an arbitrary number of sterile neutrinos of any mass spectrum. They can be used to describe, e.g., low-scale leptogenesis via neutrino oscillations, or sterile neutrino dark matter production in the Higgs phase.Note:
- 30 pages. v2: Typos corrected, results unchanged, published version
- neutrino: sterile
- fluctuation: thermal
- neutrino: oscillation
- neutrino: dark matter
- correlation function: thermal
- field theory: thermal
- dark matter: production
- coupling: Yukawa
- kinetic
- baryon number
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