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TeV Scale Resonant Leptogenesis with LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} Gauge Symmetry
in the Light of Muon (g2)(g-2)

Debasish Borah [email protected] Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India    Arnab Dasgupta [email protected] Institute of Convergence Fundamental Studies , Seoul-Tech, Seoul 139-743, Korea    Devabrat Mahanta [email protected] Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
Abstract

Motivated by the growing evidence for the possible lepton flavour universality violation after the first results from Fermilab’s muon (g2)(g-2) measurement, we revisit one of the most widely studied anomaly free extensions of the standard model namely, gauged LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} model, to find a common explanation for muon (g2)(g-2) as well as baryon asymmetry of the universe via leptogenesis. The minimal setup allows TeV scale resonant leptogenesis satisfying light neutrino data while the existence of light LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge boson affects the scale of leptogenesis as the right handed neutrinos are charged under it. For LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge boson mass at GeV scale or above, the muon (g2)(g-2) favoured parameter space is already ruled out by other experimental data while bringing down its mass to sub-GeV regime leads to vanishing lepton asymmetry due to highly restrictive structures of lepton mass matrices at the scale of leptogenesis. Extending the minimal model with two additional Higgs doublets can lead to a scenario consistent with successful resonant leptogenesis and muon (g2)(g-2) while satisfying all relevant experimental data.

Introduction: The recent measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, aμa_{\mu} = (g2)μ/2(g-2)_{\mu}/2, by the E989 experiment at Fermilab for the first time shows a discrepancy with respect to the theoretical prediction of the Standard Model (SM) Abi et al. (2021)

aμFNAL=116592040(54)×1011\displaystyle a^{\rm FNAL}_{\mu}=116592040(54)\times 10^{-11} (1)
aμSM=116591810(43)×1011\displaystyle a^{\rm SM}_{\mu}=116591810(43)\times 10^{-11} (2)

which, when combined with the previous Brookhaven determination of

aμBNL=116592089(63)×1011a^{\rm BNL}_{\mu}=116592089(63)\times 10^{-11} (3)

leads to a 4.2 σ\sigma observed excess of Δaμ=251(59)×1011\Delta a_{\mu}=251(59)\times 10^{-11} 111The latest lattice results Borsanyi et al. (2020) however, predict a larger value of muon (g2)(g-2) bringing it closer to experimental value. Tension of measured muon (g2)(g-2) with global electroweak fits from e+ee^{+}e^{-} to hadron data has also been reported in Crivellin et al. (2020).. The status of the SM calculation of muon magnetic moment has been updated recently in Aoyama et al. (2020). For more details, one may refer to Zyla et al. (2020). The latest Fermilab measurements have also led to several recent works on updating possible theoretical models with new data, a comprehensive review of which may be found in Athron et al. (2021). Gauged lepton flavour models like U(1)LμLτU(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}} provide a natural origin of muon (g2)(g-2) in a very minimal setup while also addressing the question of light neutrino mass simultaneously. Recent studies on this model related to muon (g2)(g-2) may be found in Borah et al. (2020); Zu et al. (2021); Amaral et al. (2021); Zhou (2021); Borah et al. (2021). While this could be due to lepton flavour universality (LFU) violation, similar anomalies, that too in the context of muon, comes from the measurement of RK=BR(BKμ+μ)/BR(BKe+e)R_{K}={\rm BR}(B\rightarrow K\mu^{+}\mu^{-})/{\rm BR}(B\rightarrow Ke^{+}e^{-}). While the hint for this anomaly, like muon (g2)(g-2) was there for several years, recent update from the LHCb collaboration Aaij et al. (2021) has led to the most precise measurement ever with more than 3σ3\sigma deviation from the SM predictions. In the light of growing evidences for such LFU violations, need for beyond standard model physics around the TeV corner has become very prominent.

Here we consider the popular and minimal model based on the gauged LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} symmetry which is anomaly free He et al. (1991a, b). Apart from the SM fermion content, the minimal version of this model has three heavy right handed neutrinos (RHN) leading to to type I seesaw origin of light neutrino masses Minkowski (1977); Mohapatra and Senjanovic (1980); Yanagida (1979); Gell-Mann et al. (1979); Glashow (1980); Schechter and Valle (1980). The same RHNs can lead to leptogenesis Fukugita and Yanagida (1986); Davidson et al. (2008) via out-of-equilibrium decay into SM leptons. However, with hierarchical RHN spectrum, there exists a lower bound on the scale of leptogenesis, known as the Davidson-Ibarra bound M1>109M_{1}>10^{9} GeV Davidson and Ibarra (2002). Several earlier works Adhikary (2006); Chun and Turzynski (2007); Ota and Rodejohann (2006); Asai et al. (2017, 2020) considered different scenarios like supersymmetry, high scale leptogenesis within type I seesaw framework of this model. However, it is also possible to have TeV scale leptogenesis via resonant enhancement due to tiny mass splitting between RHNs, known as the resonant leptogenesis Pilaftsis (1999); Pilaftsis and Underwood (2004); Moffat et al. (2018); Dev et al. (2018a). It should be noted that earlier works on leptogenesis in gauged LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} model considered high scale breaking of such gauge symmetry and compatibility with muon (g2)(g-2) explanation from a low scale vector boson was missing. We intend to perform a general analysis as well as to bridge this gap showing the possibility of TeV scale leptogenesis along with muon (g2)(g-2) from a light LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} vector boson.

Motivated by the recent measurements of the muon (g2)(g-2), in this work we consider the possibility of low scale leptogenesis and constrain the LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge sector from the requirements of successful leptogenesis and (g2)μ(g-2)_{\mu}. Since the decaying RHNs can have this new gauge interaction which can keep them in equilibrium for a longer epochs and can also initiate some washout processes, the requirement of successful leptogenesis for a fixed scale of leptogenesis around a TeV can lead to constraints on the gauge sector parameter space. Since leptogenesis is a high scale phenomena and the requirement of (g2)μ(g-2)_{\mu} needs a low scale breaking LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge symmetry, one can not realise both in the minimal version of the model. We first discuss the minimal model from the requirement of satisfying neutrino data and baryon asymmetry from leptogenesis and then consider an extended model which can accommodate muon (g2)(g-2) as well. While we do not pursue the study of RKR_{K} anomalies in this model, one may refer to Biswas and Shaw (2019) for common origin of muon (g2)(g-2) and RKR_{K} anomalies along with dark matter in extensions of minimal LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} model. Explanation of similar flavour anomalies along with muon (g2)(g-2) in this model have also been studied Crivellin et al. (2015); Altmannshofer et al. (2016). Recently, a dark matter extension of the LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} model was also found to provide a common origin of muon (g2)(g-2) and electron recoil excess reported by the XENON1T collaboration Borah et al. (2020, 2021).

     Gauge
    Group
SU(2)LSU(2)_{L}
U(1)YU(1)_{Y}
U(1)LμLτU(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}}
Fermion Fields
   NeN_{e}    NμN_{\mu}    NτN_{\tau}
11 11 11
0 0 0
0 11 1-1
Scalar Field
   Φ1\Phi_{1}    Φ2\Phi_{2}
11 11
0 0
11 22
Table 1: New Particles and their corresponding gauge charges in the minimal model.

Minimal Gauged LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} Model: The SM fermion content with their gauge charges under SU(3)c×SU(2)L×U(1)Y×U(1)LμLτSU(3)_{c}\times SU(2)_{L}\times U(1)_{Y}\times U(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}} gauge symmetry are denoted as follows.

qL=(uLdL)(3,2,16,0),uR(dR)(3,1,23(13),0)q_{L}=\begin{pmatrix}u_{L}\\ d_{L}\end{pmatrix}\sim(3,2,\frac{1}{6},0),\;u_{R}(d_{R})\sim(3,1,\frac{2}{3}(-\frac{1}{3}),0)
Le=(νeeL)(1,2,12,0),eR(1,1,1,0)L_{e}=\begin{pmatrix}\nu_{e}\\ e_{L}\end{pmatrix}\sim(1,2,-\frac{1}{2},0),\;e_{R}\sim(1,1,-1,0)
Lμ=(νμμL)(1,2,12,1),μR(1,1,1,1)L_{\mu}=\begin{pmatrix}\nu_{\mu}\\ \mu_{L}\end{pmatrix}\sim(1,2,-\frac{1}{2},1),\;\mu_{R}\sim(1,1,-1,1)
Lτ=(νττL)(1,2,12,1),τR(1,1,1,1)L_{\tau}=\begin{pmatrix}\nu_{\tau}\\ \tau_{L}\end{pmatrix}\sim(1,2,-\frac{1}{2},-1),\;\tau_{R}\sim(1,1,-1,-1)

The new field content apart from the SM ones are shown in table 1. Only the second and third generations of leptons are charged under the LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge symmetry. The relevant Lagrangian can be written as

\displaystyle\mathcal{L} Nμ¯iγμDμNμMμτ2NμNτ+Nτ¯iγμDμNτMee2NeNeYeμΦ1NeNμYeτΦ1NeNτYμΦ2NμNμ\displaystyle\supseteq\overline{N_{\mu}}i\gamma^{\mu}D_{\mu}N_{\mu}-\frac{M_{\mu\tau}}{2}N_{\mu}N_{\tau}+\overline{N_{\tau}}i\gamma^{\mu}D_{\mu}N_{\tau}-\frac{M_{ee}}{2}N_{e}N_{e}-Y_{e\mu}\Phi^{\dagger}_{1}N_{e}N_{\mu}-Y_{e\tau}\Phi_{1}N_{e}N_{\tau}-Y_{\mu}\Phi^{\dagger}_{2}N_{\mu}N_{\mu}
YDeLe¯H~NeYDμLμ¯H~NμYDτLτ¯H~NτYτΦ2NτNτYleLe¯HeR+YlμLμ¯HμR+YlτLτ¯HτR+h.c.\displaystyle-Y_{De}\bar{L_{e}}\tilde{H}N_{e}-Y_{D\mu}\bar{L_{\mu}}\tilde{H}N_{\mu}-Y_{D\tau}\bar{L_{\tau}}\tilde{H}N_{\tau}-Y_{\tau}\Phi_{2}N_{\tau}N_{\tau}-Y_{le}\overline{L_{e}}He_{R}+Y_{l\mu}\overline{L_{\mu}}H\mu_{R}+Y_{l\tau}\overline{L_{\tau}}H\tau_{R}+{\rm h.c.} (4)

where HH is the SM Higgs doublet. The covariant derivatives for RHNs are defined by

Nμ\displaystyle\not{D}N_{\mu} =\displaystyle= (∂̸+ixgμτμτ)Nμ,\displaystyle(\not{\partial}+ixg_{\mu\tau}\not{Z}_{\mu\tau})N_{\mu}, (5)
Nτ\displaystyle\not{D}N_{\tau} =\displaystyle= (∂̸ixgμτμτ)Nτ.\displaystyle(\not{\partial}-ixg_{\mu\tau}\not{Z}_{\mu\tau})N_{\tau}. (6)

While the neutral component of the Higgs doublet HH breaks the electroweak gauge symmetry, the singlets break LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge symmetry after acquiring non-zero vacuum expectation values (VEV). Denoting the VEVs of singlets Φ1,2\Phi_{1,2} as v1,2v_{1,2}, the new gauge boson mass can be found to be MZμτ=gμτ(v12+4v22)M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}=g_{\mu\tau}\sqrt{(v^{2}_{1}+4v^{2}_{2})} with gμτg_{\mu\tau} being the LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge coupling. Clearly the model predicts diagonal charged lepton mass matrix MM_{\ell} and diagonal Dirac Yukawa of light neutrinos. Thus, the non-trivial neutrino mixing will arise from the structure of right handed neutrino mass matrix MRM_{R} only which is generated by the chosen scalar singlet fields. The right handed neutrino mass matrix, Dirac neutrino mass matrix and charged lepton mass matrix are given by

MR=(MeeYeμv12Yeτv12Yeμv122Yμv2Mμτ2Yeτv12Mμτ22Yτv2),MD=(YDev2000YDμv2000YDτv2),M=(Ylev2000Ylμv2000Ylτv2)\displaystyle M_{R}=\begin{pmatrix}M_{ee}&Y_{e\mu}\frac{v_{1}}{\sqrt{2}}&Y_{e\tau}\frac{v_{1}}{\sqrt{2}}\\ Y_{e\mu}\frac{v_{1}}{\sqrt{2}}&\sqrt{2}Y_{\mu}v_{2}&\frac{M_{\mu\tau}}{2}\\ Y_{e\tau}\frac{v_{1}}{\sqrt{2}}&\frac{M_{\mu\tau}}{2}&\sqrt{2}Y_{\tau}v_{2}\end{pmatrix}\,,\;\;M_{D}=\begin{pmatrix}Y_{De}\frac{v}{\sqrt{2}}&0&0\\ 0&Y_{D\mu}\frac{v}{\sqrt{2}}&0\\ 0&0&Y_{D\tau}\frac{v}{\sqrt{2}}\end{pmatrix},\,M_{\ell}=\begin{pmatrix}Y_{le}\frac{v}{\sqrt{2}}&0&0\\ 0&Y_{l\mu}\frac{v}{\sqrt{2}}&0\\ 0&0&Y_{l\tau}\frac{v}{\sqrt{2}}\end{pmatrix} (7)

Here vv is the VEV of neutral component of SM Higgs doublet HH. We can find the light neutrino mass matrix can be found by the type I seesaw formula as

Mν\displaystyle M_{\nu} =\displaystyle= MDMR1MDT\displaystyle-M_{D}M_{R}^{-1}M_{D}^{T} (8)
=\displaystyle= (ABCBDECEF).\displaystyle\begin{pmatrix}A&B&C\\ B&D&E\\ C&E&F\end{pmatrix}. (9)

The mass matrices for RHN as well as light neutrinos in this model do not possess any specific structure and hence it is straightforward to fit the neutrino oscillation data. In the presence of only one scalar singlet Φ1\Phi_{1}, the RHN mass matrix has zero entries at (μμ)(\mu\mu) and (ττ)(\tau\tau) entries leading to a two-zero minor structure Asai et al. (2017) in Mν1M^{-1}_{\nu}. The light neutrino mass matrix, although does not contain any zeros, leads to two constraints among its elements. In view of tight constraints on neutrino parameters from global fit data Esteban et al. (2019); de Salas et al. (2021); Zyla et al. (2020) as well as cosmology bounds on sum of light neutrino masses from Planck 2018 data Aghanim et al. (2018), it is difficult to satisfy the data using the constrained structure of mass matrices. Similar conclusion was also arrived at in earlier works Asai et al. (2017, 2020). This becomes more restrictive when we constrain two of the RHNs to be in TeV regime with tiny mass splittings for resonant leptogenesis. Therefore, we have introduced another singlet scalar Φ2\Phi_{2} which gives rise to general structures of MRM_{R} and MνM_{\nu}.

It should be noted that, a kinetic mixing term between U(1)YU(1)_{Y} of SM and U(1)LμLτU(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}} of the form ϵ2BαβYαβ\frac{\epsilon}{2}B^{\alpha\beta}Y_{\alpha\beta} can exist in the Lagrangian where Bαβ=αXββXα,YαβB^{\alpha\beta}=\partial^{\alpha}X^{\beta}-\partial^{\beta}X^{\alpha},Y_{\alpha\beta} are the field strength tensors of U(1)LμLτ,U(1)YU(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}},U(1)_{Y} respectively and ϵ\epsilon is the mixing parameter. Even if this mixing is considered to be absent in the Lagrangian, it can arise at one loop level with particles charged under both the gauge sectors in the loop. We consider this mixing to be ϵ=gμτ/70\epsilon=g_{\mu\tau}/70. While the phenomenology of muon (g2)(g-2), leptogenesis in our model is not much dependent on this mixing, the experimental constraints on the model parameters can crucially depend upon this mixing. We therefore choose it to be small, around the same order as its one loop value.

Anomalous Muon Magnetic Moment: The magnetic moment of muon is defined as

μμ=gμ(q2m)S,\overrightarrow{\mu_{\mu}}=g_{\mu}\left(\frac{q}{2m}\right)\overrightarrow{S}\,, (10)

where gμg_{\mu} is the gyromagnetic ratio and its value is 22 for an elementary spin 12\frac{1}{2} particle of mass mm and charge qq. However, higher order radiative corrections can generate additional contributions to its magnetic moment and is parameterised as

aμ=12(gμ2).a_{\mu}=\frac{1}{2}(g_{\mu}-2). (11)

As mentioned earlier, the anomalous muon magnetic moment has been measured very precisely in the recent Fermilab experiment while it has also been predicted in the SM to a great accuracy. In the model under consideration in this work, the additional contribution to muon magnetic moment arises dominantly from one loop diagram mediated by LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge boson ZμτZ_{\mu\tau}. The corresponding one loop contribution is given by Brodsky and De Rafael (1968); Baek and Ko (2009)

Δaμ=α2π01𝑑x2mμ2x2(1x)x2mμ2+(1x)MZ2α2π2mμ23MZ2\Delta a_{\mu}=\frac{\alpha^{\prime}}{2\pi}\int^{1}_{0}dx\frac{2m^{2}_{\mu}x^{2}(1-x)}{x^{2}m^{2}_{\mu}+(1-x)M^{2}_{Z^{\prime}}}\approx\frac{\alpha^{\prime}}{2\pi}\frac{2m^{2}_{\mu}}{3M^{2}_{Z^{\prime}}} (12)

where α=gμτ2/(4π)\alpha^{\prime}=g^{2}_{\mu\tau}/(4\pi). Note that in the presence of additional Higgs doublets (a scenario which we will discuss in the upcoming sections) we can have another one-loop diagram mediated by charged component of such additional scalar doublet and right handed neutrino NμN_{\mu}. However, since such particles in loop couple only to the left handed muons, the required chirality flip has to occur in external muon legs, leading to a suppressed contribution to muon (g2)(g-2). While there can be a very fine-tuned parameter space with large Yukawa couplings and specific loop particle masses Calibbi et al. (2018), it is unlikely to be in agreement with light neutrino mass data along with successful TeV scale leptogenesis requirements. We therefore do not study this fine-tuned possibility here and focus on the light neutral gauge boson contribution alone.

Resonant Leptogenesis: In this section we study the possibility of leptogenesis from the out of equilibrium decays of RHNs neutrinos NiN_{i}. The generated BLB-L asymmetry can be converted into a baryon asymmetry by the sphaleron processes which conserves BLB-L asymmetry but violet B+LB+L asymmetry. The sphaleron processes are active between temperatures of 101210^{12} GeV to 10210^{2} GeV in the early Universe. At high temperatures the sphalerons are in thermal equilibrium and subsequently they freeze-out just before the electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) at around 100GeV<T<200GeV100\;{\rm GeV}<T<200\;{\rm GeV}. Usually the mass of required to generated the observe asymmetry lies above the scale of 10810910^{8}-10^{9} GeV in conventional vanilla leptogenesis Plumacher (1997); Buchmuller et al. (2002). However, the detection of these very heavy right handed neutrinos is beyond the reach of LHC and other near future colliders. That is why we are mainly focusing on TeV scale leptogenesis in this work by exploiting the resonance enhancement condition (M2M1Γ1/2M_{2}-M_{1}\sim\Gamma_{1}/2). This framework is known as resonant leptogenesis Pilaftsis (1997); Pilaftsis and Underwood (2004); Heeck and Teresi (2016). The relevant Yukawa matrix for leptogenesis can be identified to be

h=(YDeV11YDeV12YDeV13YDμV21YDμV22YDμV23YDτV31YDτV32YDτV33,)h=\begin{pmatrix}Y_{De}V_{11}&Y_{De}V_{12}&Y_{De}V_{13}\\ Y_{D\mu}V_{21}&Y_{D\mu}V_{22}&Y_{D\mu}V_{23}\\ Y_{D\tau}V_{31}&Y_{D\tau}V_{32}&Y_{D\tau}V_{33},\end{pmatrix} (13)

where VijV_{ij} are the elements of the matrix VV which diagonalises MRM_{R}.

diag(M1,M2,M3)=VMRV{\rm diag}(M_{1},M_{2},M_{3})=V^{\dagger}M_{R}V^{*} (14)

The CP asymmetry parameter corresponding to the CP violating decay of RHN NiN_{i} (summing over all lepton flavours) is given by Pilaftsis and Underwood (2004)

ϵi\displaystyle\epsilon_{i} =\displaystyle= Γ(NiαLαH)Γ(NiαLαcH)Γ(NiαLαH)+Γ(NiiLαcH)\displaystyle\dfrac{\Gamma_{(N_{i}\longrightarrow\sum_{\alpha}L_{\alpha}H)}-\Gamma_{(N_{i}\longrightarrow\sum_{\alpha}L_{\alpha}^{c}H)}}{\Gamma_{(N_{i}\longrightarrow\sum_{\alpha}L_{\alpha}H)}+\Gamma_{(N_{i}\longrightarrow\sum_{i}L_{\alpha}^{c}H)}} (15)
=\displaystyle= Im[(hh)ij2](hh)ii(hh)jj(Mi2Mj2)MiΓj(Mi2Mj2)2+Mi2Γj2.\displaystyle\dfrac{{\rm Im}[(h^{\dagger}h)_{ij}^{2}]}{(h^{\dagger}h)_{ii}(h^{\dagger}h)_{jj}}\dfrac{(M_{i}^{2}-M_{j}^{2})M_{i}\Gamma_{j}}{(M_{i}^{2}-M_{j}^{2})^{2}+M_{i}^{2}\Gamma_{j}^{2}}. (16)

Since we are mainly focusing on the parameter space where M1M2<M3M_{1}\backsimeq M_{2}<M_{3} such that the leptogenesis is mainly governed by the resonant enhancement between N1N_{1} and N2N_{2} and the CP asymmetry coming from the decay of N3N_{3} is negligible. The resonance condition is satisfied when M2M1Γ1/2M_{2}-M_{1}\simeq\Gamma_{1}/2 where Γ1\Gamma_{1} is the decay width of the lightest RHN N1N_{1}. The relevant asymmetry parameters namely, ϵ1\epsilon_{1} and ϵ2\epsilon_{2} crucially depend upon Im[(hh)122]Im[(h^{\dagger}h)^{2}_{12}] and Im[(hh)212]Im[(h^{\dagger}h)^{2}_{21}] respectively. From equation (13) one can write

Im[(hh)122]\displaystyle{\rm Im}[(h^{\dagger}h)_{12}^{2}] =\displaystyle= Im[(hh)212]=12Im[(YDe2V12V11+\displaystyle-{\rm Im}[(h^{\dagger}h)_{21}^{2}]=\dfrac{1}{2}{\rm Im}[(\mid Y_{De}\mid^{2}V_{12}V_{11}^{*}+
YDμ2V22V21+YDτ2V32V31)2]\displaystyle\mid Y_{D\mu}\mid^{2}V_{22}V_{21}^{*}+\mid Y_{D\tau}\mid^{2}V_{32}V_{31}^{*})^{2}]

From equation (LABEL:eq:complex1) the importance of the phases appearing in the elements of the matrix VV can be seen. These phases are appearing in the diagonalising matrix VV from the complex parameters in MRM_{R}.

The relevant Boltzmann equations for our setup can be written as

dnN1dz\displaystyle\dfrac{dn_{N_{1}}}{dz} =\displaystyle= D1(nN1nN1eq)s𝐇z((nN1)2(nN1eq)2)\displaystyle D_{1}(n_{N_{1}}-n_{N_{1}}^{\rm eq})-\dfrac{s}{{\bf H}z}\left((n_{N_{1}})^{2}-(n_{N_{1}}^{\rm eq})^{2}\right) (18)
σvN1N1XX,\displaystyle\langle\sigma v\rangle_{\small{N_{1}N_{1}\longrightarrow XX}},
dnN2dz\displaystyle\dfrac{dn_{N_{2}}}{dz} =\displaystyle= D2(nN2nN2eq)s𝐇z((nN2)2(nN2eq)2)\displaystyle D_{2}(n_{N_{2}}-n_{N_{2}}^{\rm eq})-\dfrac{s}{{\bf H}z}\left((n_{N_{2}})^{2}-(n_{N_{2}}^{\rm eq})^{2}\right) (19)
σvN2N2XX,\displaystyle\langle\sigma v\rangle_{\small{N_{2}N_{2}\longrightarrow XX}},
dnBLdz\displaystyle\dfrac{dn_{B-L}}{dz} =\displaystyle= ϵ1D1(nN1nN1eq)ϵ2D2(nN2nN2eq)\displaystyle-\epsilon_{1}D_{1}\left(n_{N_{1}}-n_{N_{1}}^{\rm eq}\right)-\epsilon_{2}D_{2}\left(n_{N_{2}}-n_{N_{2}}^{\rm eq}\right) (20)
(WID1+WID2+ΔW)nBL,\displaystyle-(WID_{1}+WID_{2}+\Delta W)n_{B-L},

where nNin_{N_{i}} and nBLn_{B-L} denote the comoving number densities of NiN_{i} and BLB-L respectievly. The equilibrium no densities of NiN_{i}’s are defined by nNieq=z22κ2(z)n_{N_{i}}^{\rm eq}=\frac{z^{2}}{2}\kappa_{2}(z), (with κi(z)\kappa_{i}(z) being the modified Bessel function of ii-th kind) and z=M1/T=M2/Tz=M_{1}/T=M_{2}/T (for resonant leptogenesis). In σvNiNiXX\langle\sigma v\rangle_{N_{i}N_{i}\rightarrow XX}, XX denotes any final state particle to which NiN_{i}’s can annihilate into. D1,2D_{1,2} are the decay terms and WID1,2WID_{1,2} are the inverse decay terms for N1N_{1} and N2N_{2} decays respectively, which are measures of the rate of decay and inverse decay with respect to the background expansion of the universe parametrised by Hubble expansion rate 𝐇\bf H. They are defined as

Di\displaystyle D_{i} =\displaystyle= Γi𝐇z=Kizκ1(z)κ2(z),\displaystyle\dfrac{\langle\Gamma_{i}\rangle}{{\bf H}z}=K_{i}z\dfrac{\kappa_{1}(z)}{\kappa_{2}(z)}, (21)
WIDi\displaystyle WID_{i} =\displaystyle= 14Kiz3κ1(z),\displaystyle\dfrac{1}{4}K_{i}z^{3}\kappa_{1}(z), (22)

with Ki=Γi/𝐇(z=1)K_{i}=\Gamma_{i}/{\bf H}(z=1) being the decay parameter. The term ΔW\Delta W on the right hand side of the equation (20) takes account of all the scattering processes that can act as possible washouts for the generated BLB-L asymmetry. We identify the following scattering washouts in our model, lW±(Z)N1,2HlW^{\pm}(Z)\longrightarrow N_{1,2}H, lZμτN1HlZ_{\mu\tau}\longrightarrow N_{1}H, qlqN1,2ql\longrightarrow qN_{1,2}, lN1,2qqclN_{1,2}\longrightarrow qq^{c}, lHlcHlH\longrightarrow l^{c}H^{*}, lHN1,2W±(Z)lH\longrightarrow N_{1,2}W^{\pm}(Z) and lN1,2Zμτ,HlN_{1,2}\longrightarrow Z_{\mu\tau},H. We take all of them into account in our numerical analysis and defined ΔW\Delta W as,

ΔW=Γscatterings𝐇z.\Delta W=\dfrac{\langle\Gamma_{\rm scatterings}\rangle}{{\bf H}z}. (23)
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Figure 1: Evolution plot of comoving number density of BLB-L for different benchmark values of gμτg_{\mu\tau} (left panel) and MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} (right panel). The other parameters are set to be M1=1.38M_{1}=1.38 TeV, ΔM=0.001\Delta M=0.001 keV, and MZμτ=100M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}=100 GeV (left panel) and gμτ=102g_{\mu\tau}=10^{-2} (right panel).
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Figure 2: Variation of annihilation cross sections for the processes N1N1ZμτZμτN_{1}N_{1}\longrightarrow Z_{\mu\tau}Z_{\mu\tau} (left panel), N1N1ll¯N_{1}N_{1}\longrightarrow l\bar{l} (right panel) with the center of mass energy squared ss. The relevant benchmark parameters are taken to be gμτ=0.1g_{\mu\tau}=0.1, M1=1.2M_{1}=1.2 TeV, YDe108Y_{De}\sim 10^{-8}, YDμ106Y_{D\mu}\sim 10^{-6} and YDτ106Y_{D\tau}\sim 10^{-6}.
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Figure 3: Evolution plot of comoving number density of N1N_{1} for different benchmark values of gμτg_{\mu\tau} (left panel) and MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} (right panel). The other parameters are set to be M1=1.38M_{1}=1.38 TeV, ΔM=0.001\Delta M=0.001 keV and MZμτ=200M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}=200 GeV (left panel) and gμτ=102g_{\mu\tau}=10^{-2} (right panel).

Thus, apart from the usual Yukawa or SM gauge coupling related processes, we also have washout processes involving ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} gauge boson. Since interactions involving ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} can cause dilution of N1N_{1} abundance as well as wash out the generated lepton asymmetry, one can tightly constrain the LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge sector couplings from the requirement of successful leptogenesis at low scale. Similar discussions on impact of such Abelian gauge sector on leptogenesis can be found in Iso et al. (2011); Okada et al. (2012); Heeck and Teresi (2016); Dev et al. (2018b); Mahanta and Borah (2021); Fileviez Pérez et al. (2021).

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Figure 4: Summary plot showing allowed region of parameter space for MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} above GeV. The blue and green coloured bands correspond to the regions where correct baryon asymmetry can be generated for fixed scales of leptogenesis. The pink band represents muon (g2)(g-2) favoured region, already ruled out by CCFR exclusion limit Altmannshofer et al. (2014) shown in yellow coloured region. Dashed lines correspond to limits from the LHC Sirunyan et al. (2019) and HFAG lepton universality test Amhis et al. (2021) (see text for details).

After solving the above Boltzmann equations, we convert the final BLB-L asymmetry nBLfn_{B-L}^{f} just before electroweak sphaleron freeze-out into the observed baryon to photon ratio by the standard formula

ηB=34g0gasphnBLf 9.2×103nBLf,\displaystyle\eta_{B}\ =\ \frac{3}{4}\frac{g_{*}^{0}}{g_{*}}a_{\rm sph}n_{B-L}^{f}\ \simeq\ 9.2\times 10^{-3}\>n_{B-L}^{f}\,, (24)

where asph=823a_{\rm sph}=\frac{8}{23} is the sphaleron conversion factor (taking into account two Higgs doublets). Here g,g0g_{*},g_{*}^{0} denote the relativistic degrees of freedom at scale of leptogenesis T=M1T=M_{1} and scale of recombination respectively. The final baryon to photon ratio is then compared with Planck 2018 data Zyla et al. (2020); Aghanim et al. (2018)

ηB=nBnB¯nγ=6.1×1010.\eta_{B}=\frac{n_{B}-n_{\bar{B}}}{n_{\gamma}}=6.1\times 10^{-10}. (25)

and constraints on the model parameters are obtained. In figure 1, we show the evolution of lepton asymmetries for different benchmark values of gauge coupling gμτg_{\mu\tau} (left panel) and gauge boson mass MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} (right panel) while keeping other parameters fixed. We can see that the asymmetry decreases with the increase in gμτg_{\mu\tau}. It is because with the increase in gμτg_{\mu\tau} the annihilations of N1,2N_{1,2} through ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} and to a pair of ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} increases, which tries to bring the N1,2N_{1,2} number densities close to their equilibrium densities. Thus, depletion in number densities of N1,2N_{1,2} leads to a decrease in the final asymmetry.

Again, from figure 1, we can see that the asymmetry decreases with increase in MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}}. This is because we have two types of annihilation of N1,2N_{1,2} involving MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}}, the first one being the annihilation into a pair of leptons and the second one is the annihilation into a pair of MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}}. Out of these two processes, the dominant one is the annihilation into a pair of leptons as can be seen in figure 2 where the two annihilation cross-sections are shown as a function of center of mass energy squared ss for comparison. The annihilation of N1N_{1} into a pair of lepton is possible through a s-channel diagram mediated by ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} and through a t-channel diagram mediated by scalar doublet. The s-channel diagram mediated by singlet scalar due to mixing with the SM like Higgs is ignored as such mixing is generated only after electroweak symmetry breaking. As we are working in the region of parameter space where MZμτ<2M1M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}<2M_{1}, therefore with increase in MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} the cross sections for the ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} mediated processes increase as seen from the right panel plot of figure 2. This tends to bring the N1,2N_{1,2} number density closer to its equilibrium density and therefore leading to a decrease in BLB-L asymmetry. We show this effect in figure 3. Clearly, increase in gauge coupling takes the number density of N1N_{1} closer to its equilibrium number density, as seen from the left panel plot of figure 3 . Increase in MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} also has a similar but milder effect, as seen from the right panel plot of figure 3.

In figure 4, we summarise the results in gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}} parameter space considering ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} mass larger than a GeV. The pink coloured band is the favoured region in gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}} plane from the Fermilab’s result on muon (g-2). The yellow coloured region is excluded by the upper bound on neutrino trident process measured by the CCFR collaboration Altmannshofer et al. (2014). Therefore one can clearly see that the muon (g2)(g-2) favoured region in the high mass regime of ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} is completely excluded from the bound on neutrino trident process. Additionally, the LHC bounds searches for multi-lepton final states signatures also rule out some part of the parameter space . We show the exclusion region from LHC measurements of Z4μZ\rightarrow 4\mu Sirunyan et al. (2019) in terms of the dotted line. The region below the blue dashed line is allowed by HFAG lepton universality test at 2σ2\sigma level Amhis et al. (2021). The leptogenesis favoured parameter space for two different scales of leptogenesis M1=1.38M_{1}=1.38 TeV, M1=1.95M_{1}=1.95 TeV are shown in blue and green coloured bands respectively. As M1M_{1} increases, the annihilation rates of N1N_{1} decreases, allowing slightly larger values of gμτg_{\mu\tau} for fixed ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} mass. On the other hand, as ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} mass is increased towards 2M12M_{1}, the annihilation rate of N1N_{1} mediated by ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} increases, requiring smaller values of gμτg_{\mu\tau} in order to take N1N_{1} out of equilibrium resulting in generation of lepton asymmetry.

If sub-GeV regime of ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} is explored, there exists an allowed region in gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}} parameter space consistent with muon (g2)(g-2) and other experimental bounds as discussed recently in Borah et al. (2020); Zu et al. (2021); Amaral et al. (2021); Zhou (2021); Borah et al. (2021). As we will see below, this allowed region correspond to MZμτ10100M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}\sim 10-100 MeV, gμτ104103g_{\mu\tau}\sim 10^{-4}-10^{-3}. However, such sub-GeV MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} will correspond to low scale breaking of LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge symmetry around 100 GeV, even below the sphaleron transition temperature. Prior to the symmetry breaking scale, the RHN mass matrix has very restrictive structure as can be realised by considering vanishing singlet scalar VEVs in MRM_{R} given in (7). The fact that the model is inconsistent with successful leptogenesis in the μτ\mu-\tau symmetric limit was also noted in earlier works Adhikary (2006). Thus, one needs to go beyond the minimal setup in order to find a consistent picture accommodating both leptogenesis and muon (g2)(g-2) while agreeing with experimental data including light neutrino mass and mixing.

Non-minimal Gauged LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} Model:

     Gauge
    Group
SU(2)L\tiny{SU(2)_{L}}
U(1)YU(1)_{Y}
U(1)LμLτU(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}}
Fermion Fields
   NeN_{e}    NμN_{\mu}    NτN_{\tau}
11 11 11
0 0 0
0 xx x-x
Scalar Field
   H2H_{2}    H3H_{3}    ϕ1,2\phi_{1,2}
22 22 11
1/21/2 1/21/2 0
1x1-x 1+x-1+x x,2xx,2x
Table 2: New Particles and their corresponding gauge charges in the non-minimal model.

In order to achieve successful leptogenesis with sub-GeV ZμτZ_{\mu\tau}, we extend the minimal model with two additional Higgs doublets as shown in table 2. The presence of these additional Higgs doublets H2,3H_{2,3} are required to allow corresponding Dirac Yukawa couplings with Nμ,τN_{\mu,\tau} whose LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} charges are chosen as ±x\pm x with x<1x<1. While the Higgs doublet H1H_{1} is neutral under this additional gauge symmetry, H2,3H_{2,3} are charged. Singlet scalar charges are chosen to be x,2xx,2x respectively. Since LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge boson mass will be proportional to xx as well, in addition to gμτg_{\mu\tau} and singlet VEVs, one can have symmetry breaking scale above the scale of leptogenesis while having gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}} in the desired range for explaining muon (g2)(g-2) by choosing small xx.

With this new particle content in table 2, the singlet fermion Lagrangian remain same as before (except the new gauge charges of Nμ,τN_{\mu,\tau}) while the neutrino Dirac Yukawa terms change to the following

\displaystyle-\mathcal{L} YDeLe¯NeH1~+YDμLμ¯NμH2~+YDτLτ¯NτH3~+h.c.\displaystyle\supset Y_{De}\bar{L_{e}}N_{e}\tilde{H_{1}}+Y_{D\mu}\bar{L_{\mu}}N_{\mu}\tilde{H_{2}}+Y_{D\tau}\bar{L_{\tau}}N_{\tau}\tilde{H_{3}}+{\rm h.c.} (26)

While the right handed neutrino mass matrix MRM_{R} has the same structure as before, the Dirac neutrino mass matrix is changed to

MD=(YDev12000YDμv1tanβ2000YDτv1tanβ2).\small{M_{D}}=\begin{pmatrix}\dfrac{Y_{De}v_{1}}{\sqrt{2}}&0&0\\ 0&\dfrac{Y_{D\mu}v_{1}\tan\beta}{\sqrt{2}}&0\\ 0&0&\dfrac{Y_{D\tau}v_{1}\tan\beta}{\sqrt{2}}\end{pmatrix}. (27)

Here we define tanβ=v2/v1=v3/v1\tan\beta=v_{2}/v_{1}=v_{3}/v_{1}, where v1v_{1}, v2v_{2} and v3v_{3} are the VEV of neutral components of Higgs doublets H1H_{1}, H2H_{2} and H3H_{3} respectively. We are assuming v2=v3v_{2}=v_{3} for simplicity so that v11+2tan2β=246v_{1}\sqrt{1+2\tan^{2}\beta}=246 GeV. While deviation from this v2=v3v_{2}=v_{3} assumption can lead to different phenomenology of such multi-Higgs doublet models, we do not expect leptogenesis results to change significantly and hence stick to this simple limit. Similarly, assuming the singlet VEVs to be identical to uu, the ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} mass can be derived as

MZμτ=5xgμτu.M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}=\sqrt{5}xg_{\mu\tau}u. (28)

The model we adopt here has two SM-singlet scalars and three Higgs doublets. Since leptogenesis occurs below the scale of U(1)LμLτU(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}} symmetry breaking, the singlet scalars are massive at the scale of leptogenesis. While they do not play any role in leptogenesis, their masses can still be constrained from experimental data. Bounds on such singlet scalars arise primarily due to its mixing with the SM like Higgs boson Robens and Stefaniak (2015); Chalons et al. (2016). The strongest bound on singlet scalar-SM like Higgs mixing angle (θm\theta_{m}) comes form WW boson mass correction López-Val and Robens (2014) at NLO for 250GeVmsi850250{\rm~{}GeV}\lesssim m_{s_{i}}\lesssim 850 GeV as (0.2sinθm0.30.2\lesssim\sin\theta_{m}\lesssim 0.3) where msim_{s_{i}} is the mass of singlet scalar sis_{i}. On the other hand, for msi>850m_{s_{i}}>850 GeV, the bounds from the requirement of perturbativity and unitarity of the theory turn dominant which gives sinθm0.2\sin\theta_{m}\lesssim 0.2. For lower values singlet masses msi<250m_{s_{i}}<250 GeV, the LHC and LEP direct search Khachatryan et al. (2015); Strassler and Zurek (2008) and measured Higgs signal strength Strassler and Zurek (2008) restrict the mixing angle sinθm\sin\theta_{m} dominantly (0.25\lesssim 0.25). The bounds from the measured value of EW precision parameter are mild for msi<1m_{s_{i}}<1 TeV. Since singlet scalars do not play any role in leptogenesis, we can tune their couplings with the SM like Higgs so that the mixing angle remains as small as required. On the other hand, the physical scalars arising from Higgs doublets are also constrained from experiments. While they remain massless at the scale of leptogenesis due to unbroken electroweak symmetry, several studies like Mühlleitner et al. (2017); Haller et al. (2018); Misiak and Steinhauser (2017); Arhrib et al. (2018) and references therein, have studied the phenomenology of such multi-Higgs doublet models. While the bounds from existing experiments depend upon the type of such models, the lower bounds on additional scalar masses, arising out of such additional Higgs doublets can range from around 100 GeV to a few hundred GeVs. Since we can satisfy these bounds by appropriate tuning of scalar potential parameters and without affecting the results related to leptogenesis, we do not elaborate them further in this work.

We then follow the same procedure as above by diagonalising MRM_{R} and rewrite MDM_{D} in the diagonal MRM_{R} basis followed by solving the Boltzmann equations numerically to find the asymmetry. We keep the values of gμτg_{\mu\tau} and MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} in the region favoured by muon (g2)(g-2). With such small values of gμτg_{\mu\tau} and MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}} while keeping the singlet VEVs above the masses of the RHNs, the required value of parameter xx becomes less than unity reducing the interaction strength of the RHNs with ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} compared to the earlier model. As a consequence, the annihilation of RHNs into a pair of ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} or other annihilation mediated by ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} remain sub-dominant and hence do not play any significant role in our analysis. Therefore, N1,2N_{1,2} abundances are primarily determined by their decays.

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Figure 5: Evolution plot of N1N_{1} for different benchmark values of mass difference ΔM\Delta M (left panel) and v1,tanβv_{1},\tan\beta (right panel). The other relevant parameters are fixed at gμτ=103g_{\mu\tau}=10^{-3}, MZμτ=0.3M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}=0.3 GeV, M1=1.38M_{1}=1.38 TeV, u=2u=2 TeV and x=0.067x=0.067. For left panel plot v1=200v_{1}=200 GeV and tanβ=0.50\tan{\beta}=0.50 while for right panel plot ΔM=10\Delta M=10 keV.
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Figure 6: Evolution plot of BLB-L asymmetry for different possible benchmark combinations of mass difference ΔM\Delta M (left panel) and v1,tanβv_{1},\tan\beta (right panel). The other relevant parameters are fixed at gμτ=103g_{\mu\tau}=10^{-3}, MZμτ=0.3M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}=0.3 GeV, M1=1.38M_{1}=1.38 TeV, u=2u=2 TeV and x=0.067x=0.067. For left panel plot v1=200v_{1}=200 GeV and tanβ=0.50\tan{\beta}=0.50 while for right panel plot ΔM=10\Delta M=10 keV.

Similarly, in the muon (g2)(g-2) favoured regime of gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}}, the washouts involving ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} are very feeble and do not produce any significant effect on asymmetry. The dominant washout processes in this regime are the inverse decays and the scattering qlqN1,2ql\longrightarrow qN_{1,2}. In figure 5 we show the evolution of N1N_{1} abundance for different benchmark parameters. Since N1N_{1} abundance is primarily governed by decays in this regime, we do not see much differences due to change in model parameters like mass splitting ΔM\Delta M or tanβ\tan\beta. Similarly, in figure 6, we show the evolution of nBLn_{B-L} for different combination of mass splitting ΔM\Delta M (left panel) and tanβtan\beta (right panel). Clearly, the asymmetry is maximum for smallest mass splitting. It is because of the resonance enhancement of the asymmetry. The decay widths Γ1,2\Gamma_{1,2} are of the order of 101010910^{-10}-10^{-9} GeV, within the parameter space we are interested in and as the mass splitting reaches near that value the CP asymmetry increases sharply to 𝒪(1)\mathcal{O}(1) due to the resonance enhancement condition ΔMΓ/2\Delta M\sim\Gamma/2 mentioned earlier. On the right panel of figure 6 it is seen that asymmetry increases for larger values of v1tanβv_{1}\tan\beta. Once we fix the entries of the Dirac mass matrix from neutrino oscillation data, the Yukawa couplings (YDμY_{D\mu} and YDτY_{D\tau}) relevant for leptogensis are very tightly constrained to v1tanβv_{1}tan\beta. Since v1tanβ=v2=v3v_{1}\tan\beta=v_{2}=v_{3}, one requires smaller values of Yukawa couplings (YDμY_{D\mu} and YDτY_{D\tau}) for larger values of v1tanβv_{1}tan\beta to satisfy light neutrino data, for a fixed scale of leptogenesis. As a consequence of that the decay widths of N1,2N_{1,2} decrease and also the corresponding inverse decay rates. The small difference in the decay rates of N1N_{1} is marginally visible in the evolution plots of nN1,2n_{N_{1,2}} of figure 5 (right panel) as well. Since lepton asymmetry is generated primarily due to resonant enhancement, decrease in Yukawa coupling (or increase in v1tanβv_{1}tan\beta) decreases the inverse decay rates which increases the BLB-L asymmetry as can be seen from the right panel plot of figure 6.

Due to the feeble gauge portal interactions in the low mass regime of ZμτZ_{\mu\tau}, we do not find any strong correlation in gμτMμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{\mu\tau} plane from leptogenesis unlike in the previous model. Nevertheless, it is observed that low scale leptogenesis is possible in the region of gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}} plane favoured by muon (g2g-2). We show a summary plot in figure 7 showing the allowed parameter space in gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}} plane and show three possible benchmark points for TeV scale leptogenesis which also satisfy the light neutrino data.

In equation (29) we show the numerical value of the Yukawa matrix hh for first benchmark point of figure 7.

h107×(0.897+3.138i9.7378.179i1.1640.8033i3.204+4.101i6.7924.447i3.4605.711i0.1577+3.778i0.8855.452i2.639+9.414i)h\simeq 10^{-7}\times\begin{pmatrix}0.897+3.138i&9.737-8.179i&-1.164-0.8033i\\ 3.204+4.101i&-6.792-4.447i&3.460-5.711i\\ -0.1577+3.778i&-0.885-5.452i&2.639+9.414i\end{pmatrix} (29)
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Figure 7: Summary plot showing the allowed parameter space in gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}} plane for sub-GeV MZμτM_{Z_{\mu\tau}}. The region between pink dashed lines represents muon (g2)(g-2) favoured region, a small portion of which remain allowed from different exclusion limits shown as shaded regions. The points marked as stars denote benchmark points satisfying the criteria of successful TeV scale resonant leptogenesis (see text for details).

Since the viability of resonant leptogenesis crucially depends upon quasi-degenerate right handed neutrinos, we show the structure of the RHN mass matrix too corresponding to the first benchmark point of figure 7 as

MR(0.6020.106(1+i)0.106(1i)0.106(1+i)0.424(1i)0.1250.106(1i)0.1250.636(1+i))M_{R}\simeq\begin{pmatrix}0.602&0.106(1+i)&0.106(1-i)\\ 0.106(1+i)&0.424(1-i)&0.125\\ 0.106(1-i)&0.125&0.636(1+i)\end{pmatrix} (30)

in the units of TeV. Accordingly, the bare mass terms Mee,MμτM_{ee},M_{\mu\tau} as well as the singlet scalar Yukawa couplings with the RHNs can be tuned. The above mass matrix gives rise to two quasi-degenerate RHNs with masses M1=M2ΔM=0.53M_{1}=M_{2}-\Delta M=0.53 TeV with mass splitting ΔM=1\Delta M=1 keV and M3=1.6M_{3}=1.6 TeV.

In summary plot of figure 7, the parameter space corresponding to Fermilab’s muon (g2)(g-2) data is shown between the dashed pink coloured lines. Several experimental constraints are also shown in the summary plot of figure 7. The cyan coloured exclusion band labelled as CCFR correspond to the upper bound on neutrino trident process measured by the CCFR collaboration Altmannshofer et al. (2014). In the high mass regime for ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} the exclusion region labelled as BABAR corresponds to the limits imposed on four muon final states by the BABAR collaboration Lees et al. (2016). The astrophysical bounds from cooling of white dwarf (WD) Bauer et al. (2020); Kamada et al. (2018) excludes the upper left triangular region. Very light ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} is ruled out from cosmological constraints on effective relativistic degrees of freedom Aghanim et al. (2018); Kamada et al. (2018); Ibe et al. (2020); Escudero et al. (2019). This arises due to the late decay of such light gauge bosons into SM leptons, after standard neutrino decoupling temperatures thereby enhancing NeffN_{\rm eff}. More stringent constraints apply if DM is in the sub-GeV regime and its thermal relic is dictated by annihilation mediated by ZμτZ_{\mu\tau}. However, in our case, such additional constraints do not arise as DM is much heavier and uncharged under LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge symmetry. The observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus cross section in liquid argon (LAr) and cesium-iodide (CsI) performed by the COHERENT Collaboration Akimov et al. (2017, 2021) also leads to constraint on gμτMZμτg_{\mu\tau}-M_{Z_{\mu\tau}} parameter space. Adopting the analysis of Cadeddu et al. (2021); Banerjee et al. (2021), we impose these bounds, labelled as COHERENT LAr and COHERENT CsI respectively in figure 7. Clearly, even after incorporating all existing experimental bounds, there still exists a small parameter space between a few MeV to around 100 MeV consistent with all bounds and the requirement of explaining muon (g2)(g-2). The three points denoted by stars correspond to benchmark values of parameters for which the correct baryon asymmetry can be generated via resonant leptogenesis. Therefore, we can have successful TeV scale resonant leptogenesis while also satisfying the Fermilab’s data on muon (g-2). This allowed region from muon (g-2) and also TeV scale leptogenesis remains within the reach of future experiments like NA62 at CERN Krnjaic et al. (2020) (Orange dashed line in figure 7), the NA64 experiment at CERN (dot-dashed line of green colour in figure 7) Gninenko et al. (2015); Gninenko and Krasnikov (2018). Possible future confirmation of this muon g2g-2 favoured parameter space will also indicate the possible scale of leptogenesis in this model.

Conclusion: We have studied the possibility of TeV scale resonant leptogenesis in gauged LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} model with type I seesaw origin of light neutrino masses. While the minimal version of such a model has only one scalar singlet, we found it too constrained from light neutrino data specially if we demand two of the right handed neutrinos to be quasi-degenerate from the requirement of resonant leptogenesis. We then considered the two singlet scalars version of this model and showed the possibility of TeV scale leptogenesis while satisfying light neutrino data. We also found interesting correlations between LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge sector parameters from the criteria of successful leptogenesis. Since the requirement of successful leptogenesis at TeV scale requires broken LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge symmetry, this minimal setup requires heavy ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} gauge boson above GeV scale. On the other hand, the muon (g2)(g-2) favoured parameter space for such heavy ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} is already ruled out by neutrino trident data and (partially) by the LHC constraints on Z4μZ\rightarrow 4\mu. We then consider an extended version of this model with the possibility of sub-GeV ZμτZ_{\mu\tau} even with TeV scale LμLτL_{\mu}-L_{\tau} gauge symmetry breaking due to singlet scalars having fractional gauge charge less than unity. This requires two right handed neutrinos to have fractional charges too requiring the presence of additional Higgs doublets to allow the required Dirac neutrino Yukawa couplings. We show that, successful TeV scale resonant leptogenesis is possible in this model while satisfying muon (g2)(g-2) and light neutrino data and also evading other experimental constraints on such sub-GeV leptophillic gauge sector. The presence of additional Higgs doublets can also give rise to interesting phenomenology, similar to two Higgs doublet models discussed extensively in the literature Branco et al. (2012).

Acknowledgements.
DB acknowledges the support from Early Career Research Award from DST-SERB, Government of India (reference number: ECR/2017/001873).

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