A thermal neutrino interaction rate at NLO

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2019.114870MaRDI QIDQ2230119zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 17 September 2021

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.12880

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Special relativity (83A05)

Abstract: The interaction rate of an ultrarelativistic active neutrino at a temperature below the electroweak crossover plays a role in leptogenesis scenarios based on oscillations between active neutrinos and GeV-scale sterile neutrinos. By making use of a Euclideanization property of a thermal light-cone correlator, we determine the $O(g)$ correction to such an interaction rate in the high-temperature limit $piTgg{m}_W$, finding a $sim\mathrm{15...40}\mathrm{\%}$ reduction. For a benchmark point, this NLO correction decreases the lepton asymmetries produced by $sim1\mathrm{\%}$.

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