Testing the Leptogenesis Mechanism of the Seesaw Model
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The seesaw theory, the leading theory for particle interactions, provides a viable mechanism for generating the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe. Testing the leptogenesis mechanism directly requires measurement of the d = 6 operator of the low-energy effective Lagrangian, in addition to the more familiar d = 5 operator which generates Majorana masses for the light neutrinos when the electroweak symmetry is spontaneously broken. This important experimental challenge awaits the next generation of particle physicists.
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