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Eogenesis via the High-scale Electroweak Symmetry Restoration

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Pith's one-line read This paper shows that a primordial chiral electron asymmetry, protected by high-scale electroweak symmetry non-restoration, can generate the observed baryon asymmetry without explicit B-L violation.

desk verdict Eogenesis is a clever idea in search of an explicit scalar sector; the paper deserves review but needs a concrete parameter point and a corrected boundedness condition. read the letter →

arxiv 2412.03902 v1 pith:X6OGEITL submitted 2024-12-05 hep-ph astro-ph.COhep-th

Wei Chao This is my paper · ORCID
classification hep-phastro-ph.COhep-th
keywords Eogenesisbaryogenesiselectroweaksymmetrynon-restorationsphaleronchiralelectronasymmetryleptogenesisB-Laxioninflation
topics Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry
open problems Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal

The pith

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The reading

This paper proposes a baryogenesis mechanism, dubbed Eogenesis, that can produce the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry without any explicit $B-L$ violation in the theory. The essential assumption is that electroweak symmetry stays broken (non-restored) down to at least $T_e \simeq 8.7\times10^4$ GeV, so the electroweak sphaleron freezes out before the electron Yukawa interaction reaches thermal equilibrium. Under that ordering, a primordial chiral electron asymmetry splits: the left-handed part is reprocessed by sphalerons into a baryon asymmetry, while the right-handed part remains a decoupled spectator. When the electron Yukawa interaction finally equilibrates at $T_e$, the chiral electron asymmetries are neutralized, but the baryon asymmetry survives because sphalerons have already quenched. Solving the transport equations for an axion-inflation source and for CP-violating heavy-Higgs decays gives $Y_B \simeq 1.4\times10^{-10}$, compatible with the observed $\eta = 9\times10^{-11}$.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing machinery is a temperature-ordering condition: sphaleron freeze-out at $T_{\rm sph}$ must happen at or above the electron Yukawa equilibration temperature $T_e \simeq 8.7\times10^4$ GeV. To achieve this, the SM Higgs is coupled to an $O(N_s)$ scalar singlet $s$ with a negative quartic coupling $\lambda_{hs}$; the one-loop thermal mass then gives the necessary condition $\lambda_{hs} < -4.82/N_s$ (Eq. (8)), derived from the classical sphaleron solution and the temperature-dependent Higgs VEV. A second singlet $S$ with positive coupling restores the symmetric phase at higher temperatures, keeping the sphaleron active early. The subsequent evolution is governed by coupled Boltzmann transport equations for chemical potentials, with sphaleron, electron Yukawa, and heavy-Higgs decay rates, which convert the left-handed electron asymmetry into baryon number while the right-handed electron asymmetry stays out of equilibrium.

What would settle it

A numerical scan of the two-singlet scalar potential imposing bounded-from-below, perturbativity, and the $S$-driven high-temperature restoration condition would settle the central claim: if every point satisfying Eq. (8) yields a sphaleron freeze-out below $T_e \simeq 8.7\times10^4$ GeV, the electron Yukawa interaction equilibrates before sphalerons decouple and the asymmetry is washed out.

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Core claim

The paper claims that a zero initial $B-L$ is enough to generate the observed baryon asymmetry provided electroweak symmetry is restored only at high temperature, so the broken phase persists down to a sphaleron freeze-out $T_{\rm sph}$ at or above $T_e \simeq 8.7\times10^4$ GeV. In this regime the right-handed electron is decoupled from the transport equations before the electron Yukawa interaction equilibrates, so a nonzero number density stored in right-handed electrons acts as a conserved seed; the left-handed electron asymmetry is transported by sphalerons into a $B-L$ asymmetry among the remaining species and then into baryon number. When the electron Yukawa interaction equilibrates at $T_e$, chiral electron asymmetries neutralize each other, but the baryon asymmetry is not erased because sphalerons have already quenched. The paper demonstrates the point numerically for two sources, axion inflation with a gauged $U(1)_R$ and the CP-violating decay of heavy Higgs doublets, with $Y_B$ reaching about $1.4\times10^{-10}$, close to the cosmological value $\eta = 9\times10^{-11}$.

Load-bearing premise

The whole mechanism rests on the assumption that a two-singlet scalar sector can be tuned so that electroweak symmetry stays broken, with sphalerons shut off, down to at least $T_e \simeq 8.7\times10^4$ GeV while being restored at higher temperatures; if no concrete parameter point satisfies both, the electron Yukawa interaction erases the seed before sphalerons freeze out.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • If the mechanism is correct, standard leptogenesis' requirement of explicit $B-L$ violation is bypassed: a primordial chiral electron asymmetry with zero initial $B-L$ suffices.
  • The same transport logic works for several unrelated sources, so the mechanism broadens the set of viable baryogenesis models beyond seesaw-based leptogenesis.
  • A non-zero electron asymmetry survives at low temperature alongside the baryon asymmetry, giving the mechanism a distinct leptonic relic to look for.
  • The condition $T_{\rm sph} \ge T_e$ makes the scenario falsifiable by precision determinations of the electron Yukawa equilibration rate and the sphaleron freeze-out temperature in the scalar-extended model.
  • A concrete benchmark with $m_\Phi = 10^{10}$ GeV, Yukawa couplings of order $0.05$, and CP asymmetry $\varepsilon = 1\times10^{-6}$ reproduces the observed $Y_B$, providing a target for explicit model building.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Beyond the paper: the paper derives Eq. (8) from a one-loop thermal mass and the classical sphaleron ansatz but does not display a concrete parameter point satisfying it together with bounded-from-below, perturbativity, and the $S$-driven restoration condition; locating such a point (or showing none exists) is the natural next step.
  • Beyond the paper: if the required ordering holds only marginally, the final baryon asymmetry becomes exponentially sensitive to the sphaleron freeze-out temperature, so a lattice sphaleron-rate computation in the two-singlet model would turn the order-of-magnitude prediction into a sharp one.
  • Beyond the paper: the same electron-assisted logic could be adapted to other charged leptons or to any fermion whose Yukawa equilibration temperature exceeds sphaleron freeze-out, suggesting a broader class of 'Yukawa-late' baryogenesis models.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes a baryogenesis scenario, named Eogenesis, in which a primordial chiral electron asymmetry generates the observed baryon asymmetry without explicit B-L violation. The mechanism relies on high-scale electroweak symmetry non-restoration: a scalar singlet sector keeps the electroweak symmetry broken at high temperature so that the electroweak sphaleron freezes out before the electron Yukawa interaction equilibrates at T_e ~ 8.7e4 GeV. The right-handed electron asymmetry is then sequestered from the transport equations, while the left-handed electron asymmetry is reprocessed by sphalerons into a baryon asymmetry. Two generation mechanisms for the initial electron asymmetry are sketched: axion inflation with a gauged U(1)_R, and CP-violating decays of heavy Higgs doublets. The paper derives a condition on the singlet portal coupling, writes Boltzmann equations, and presents a numerical example in which Y_B reaches roughly 1.4e-10.

Significance. If the mechanism works, it is an interesting alternative to standard leptogenesis because it avoids the need for additional B-L-violating operators and heavy Majorana neutrinos. The central idea, that a spectator right-handed electron asymmetry can preserve a sphaleron-generated baryon asymmetry, is clearly formulated and is worth investigating. The paper is also explicit that the initial chiral asymmetry can come from different cosmic sources. However, the present version does not yet establish the mechanism: the scalar-sector parameter point needed for the central ordering T_sph >= T_e is not exhibited, a quoted boundedness condition is reversed, and the use of the symmetric-phase electron equilibration temperature is not justified in the non-restored phase. The numerical example is not reproducible from the information given. These are fixable in principle, but they are load-bearing for the central claim.

major comments (4)
  1. [Sec. II (Electroweak symmetry non-restoration)] The bounded-from-below condition quoted in Sec. II, |lambda_hs| > sqrt(lambda lambda_s), is the reverse of the correct copositivity bound for a negative portal coupling; for lambda, lambda_s > 0 the correct condition is |lambda_hs| <= sqrt(lambda lambda_s). Since Eq. (8) requires lambda_hs < -4.82/N_s, this changes the feasibility of the scalar sector and forces a lower bound on lambda_s (for N_s = 100, lambda_s > about 0.018). The paper does not exhibit a concrete parameter point (N_s, lambda_hs, lambda_s, m_s, m_S, lambda_HS) that simultaneously satisfies Eq. (8), boundedness, perturbativity, the S-induced restoration, and the absence of a deeper minimum in the s direction. This is load-bearing because the condition T_sph >= T_e is the premise of the entire mechanism.
  2. [Sec. II and Sec. III] The value T_e = 8.7e4 GeV is taken from Ref. [36], which computes the equilibration of right-handed electrons in the standard-model symmetric phase. In this proposal the electroweak symmetry is broken for temperatures between the S decoupling scale and T_sph, and the Higgs VEV at T_sph controls the sphaleron freeze-out through Eqs. (4)-(6). Chirality-flipping processes proportional to y_e^2 v(T)^2/T can therefore be important, and the symmetric-phase T_e does not automatically apply. The authors should evaluate Gamma_{e_R}/H in their scalar background and verify that it remains below unity for all T > T_sph.
  3. [Sec. III(B), Eq. (14)] The CP-violating decay of Phi_1 into ell_L e_R can generate a net lepton number only if the interaction violates a conserved lepton number. If Phi carries lepton number so that Eq. (14) conserves L, then starting from equal Phi/Phi* thermal abundances the total L generated by the two decay channels cancels by CPT. The paper does not specify the lepton-number assignment of Phi nor explain how Eq. (14) produces the initial Y_{B-L/e} used in Eq. (13), so the no-B-L-violation claim in scenario B is not yet supported.
  4. [Sec. III, Fig. 1] The numerical example in Fig. 1 is not reproducible: no SNR scalar-sector parameters are given, the sphaleron freeze-out temperature used in the integration is not stated, and the text says the electron Yukawa interaction starts to affect Y_B below 10^7 GeV, which is two orders of magnitude above T_e. If the transport code keeps sphalerons active down to the SM crossover while the electron Yukawa equilibrates at T_e, the previously produced baryon asymmetry would be erased; if a high-scale freeze-out is instead assumed, this should be stated and marked in the figure. Please provide a benchmark parameter set and an explicit T_sph for Fig. 1.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Throughout] There are several typos: 'Sakharkov' should be 'Sakharov', 'Afleck-Dine' should be 'Affleck-Dine', and on page 4 'the of YB' should be corrected.
  2. [Fig. 1 and Sec. III] The left panel labels Y_i = eta_i/T, while in the text eta is also used for the baryon-to-entropy ratio; please use mu_i/T or define eta_i precisely in the caption.
  3. [Eq. (13)] The quantity Y_{B-L/e} is not defined explicitly. Please state that it denotes B-L excluding the right-handed electron number and specify the sign convention for n_e^i.
  4. [Sec. III(A)] The statement that 'the observed BAU can be generated by selecting proper inflation parameters' should be backed by a numerical estimate of the required n_e^i/s_i as a function of the axion coupling and g_R.

Circularity Check

2 steps flagged · score 6.0 of 10

The numerical match to the observed baryon asymmetry is set by hand in both scenarios: scenario A defines the seed as the input asymmetry in Eq. (13), and scenario B treats the CP asymmetry epsilon as a totally unconstrained free parameter, chosen to reproduce Y_B. The transport/sphaleron chain itself is independent, so the circularity is partial.

  1. self definitional [Section 'BAU', Eq. (13) and the following paragraph (scenario A).]
    "Considering that the initial number densities are totally zero, one has YB−L/e = + ni_e/si ... The B − L/e density derived from the Eq.(13) is finally converted to the BAU via the electroweak sphaleron process. ... Obviously, the observed BAU can be generated by selecting proper inflation parameters."

    Eq. (13) defines the only source of B−L/e in this scenario as the initial right-handed electron asymmetry ni_e/si. The later sphaleron conversion is a linear rescaling of this same quantity, so the final baryon asymmetry is proportional to the initial value by construction. The statement that the observed BAU can be generated by choosing inflation parameters is therefore not an independent prediction: the output is the chosen input multiplied by standard conversion factors.

  2. fitted input called prediction [Section 'BAU', after Eq. (18), Fig. 1 and the following paragraph (scenario B).]
    "Here we take it as the free parameter since it is a function of Y i f g and MΦi that are totally unconstrained parameters. ... We show in the left-panel of the Fig. 1 chemical potentials ... by setting mΦ = 10^10 GeV, O(Y ) ∼ 0.05 and ε = 1 × 10^−6. ... One can immediately conclude that the BAU can be addressed in this case by select a proper CPV source term."

    The Boltzmann equation (18) is linear in the CP-violating source term, which is proportional to epsilon, and the final Y_B in Eq. (19) is obtained from the resulting baryon chemical potential. Hence Y_B is proportional to the free parameter epsilon. Choosing epsilon = 10^-6 to bring Y_B to about 1.4 x 10^-10, and then concluding that the observed BAU can be addressed, is fitting the output to the input; the agreement with eta = 9 x 10^-11 is not a test of the scenario.

full rationale

The core transport mechanism--conversion of a chiral electron asymmetry into baryon number via electroweak sphalerons, with the electron Yukawa interaction kept out of equilibrium by high-scale electroweak symmetry non-restoration--is not circular: the Boltzmann equations, the sphaleron quench condition, and the decoupling of the right-handed electron are independently motivated and not merely restatements of the final BAU. There is no load-bearing self-citation chain; the author's own papers are background, while the transport equations and sphaleron rates come from external references. However, the paper's quantitative success is reduced by construction in both scenarios: scenario A uses Eq. (13), where the B−L/e seed is simply the input asymmetry ni_e/si, and scenario B treats the CP asymmetry epsilon as a totally unconstrained free parameter and tunes it to reproduce the observed value. Because the equations are linear in these inputs, the numerical agreement with eta is an input choice rather than a prediction. A separate, non-circular correctness risk: the paper quotes the bounded-from-below condition as |lambda_hs| > sqrt(lambda lambda_s), which is reversed relative to the standard condition |lambda_hs| < sqrt(lambda lambda_s), and it does not exhibit a concrete parameter point satisfying Eq. (8) together with S-driven restoration; this affects feasibility, not the logical circularity of the BAU calculation. Overall score 6: partial circularity because the headline numerical claim reduces to free inputs, while the structural mechanism retains independent physical content.

Assumptions & free parameters 4 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 4 invented entities

Everything the central claim rests on: the assumed high-scale SNR scalar sector, the initial electron asymmetry, the out-of-equilibrium condition for e_R, and the standard sphaleron and transport rates. The free parameters n_e^i/s_i and epsilon set the final BAU; the scalar-sector parameters are asserted to exist but not exhibited.

free parameters (4)
  • CP asymmetry epsilon = 1e-6 (Fig. 1, scenario B)
    Explicitly declared a free parameter because Y_i^{fg} and M_Phi are unconstrained; final YB is proportional to epsilon, so the observed eta is matched by choosing epsilon.
  • Initial right-handed electron asymmetry n_e^i/s_i = not specified
    Scenario A quotes Y_{B-L/e} = n_e^i/s_i and states the observed BAU can be generated by selecting proper inflation parameters; the magnitude of n_e^i is not computed.
  • Heavy Higgs parameters m_Phi, Yukawa coupling Y = m_Phi = 1e10 GeV, Y ~ 0.05
    Benchmark values chosen for Fig. 1; no scan or constraints are presented.
  • SNR scalar sector parameters (N_s, lambda_hs, lambda_s, m_S) = lambda_hs < -4.82/N_s, N_s large but unspecified
    The mechanism requires this inequality and a second S singlet to restore symmetry at high T; no concrete values satisfying all constraints are given.
assumptions (5)
  • standard math Chiral anomaly equations and sphaleron-induced B+L violation with B-L conservation in the SM
    Needed for conversion of the e_R asymmetry into baryons; standard but not restated in the paper.
  • domain assumption Sphaleron rate formulas (Gamma_sym = kappa alpha_W^5 T^4, Gamma_broken with exp(-E_sph/T)) and freeze-out criterion Eq. (5) apply with new scalar singlets and at T ~ 1e5 GeV.
    Used to derive Eq. (8); no dedicated calculation is provided for the extended model at the relevant scales.
  • domain assumption The electron Yukawa equilibration temperature is T_e ~ 8.7e4 GeV and no other process equilibrates e_R before T_sph.
    The separation of scales underpins the entire mechanism; only the electron Yukawa rate is quantified, while U(1)_R gauge scatterings and heavy-Higgs induced processes are not computed.
  • ad hoc to paper A primordial chiral electron asymmetry exists with all other initial number densities zero, or such that Y_{B-L/e} = n_e^i/s_i.
    This is the input condition of Eogenesis; its origin is referenced but not derived in the paper.
  • ad hoc to paper A two-singlet extension can satisfy Eq. (8) and high-temperature restoration simultaneously while respecting bounded-from-below and perturbativity.
    The paper states 'satisfies all constraints, given a large N_s' but shows no benchmark point or full thermal-potential scan.
invented entities (4)
  • Scalar singlet s (vector of global O(N_s)) with negative Higgs-portal coupling lambda_hs
    purpose: Induce electroweak symmetry non-restoration so that sphalerons quench before the electron Yukawa equilibrates
    Needed for the high-scale SNR condition Eq. (8); no collider or cosmological observable is computed for the required parameter values.
  • Second scalar singlet S with positive Higgs-portal coupling
    purpose: Restore electroweak symmetry at temperatures above its decoupling so the sphaleron is active early
    Introduced in this paper to complete the thermal history; parameter values are not specified and no independent evidence is presented.
  • Gauged U(1)_R (scenario A) with axion coupling to its Chern-Simons term
    purpose: Generate a primordial right-handed electron asymmetry via magnetic helicity
    U(1)_R is assumed; no Z' mass, coupling constraints, or detection prospects are considered.
  • Heavy Higgs doublets Phi_1, Phi_2 (scenario B)
    purpose: Produce CP-asymmetric decays into electrons, sourcing the electron asymmetry
    Their Yukawa matrices and masses are unconstrained; no collider or cosmological signatures are computed.

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In this paper, we propose a novel electron-assisted Baryogenesis scenario that does not require explicit B-L violation, which is essential for the traditional Leptogenesis mechanism. This scenario is based on the assumption of high-scale electroweak symmetry restoration, which implies that the electron Yukawa interaction, crucial for the mechanism, does not reach thermal equilibrium before the electroweak sphaleron process is quenched in the early universe. Primordial charge asymmetries for chiral electrons, which can be generated through various mechanisms such as axion inflation, the evaporation of primordial black holes, or the CP-asymmetric decays of a heavy Higgs doublet, serve as the initial condition for the amplification of the baryon asymmetry through transport equations. Right-handed electron asymmetry is almost irrelevant to the baryon asymmetry due to high-scale electroweak symmetry restoration, leading to both a non-zero baryon asymmetry and the electron asymmetry. We dub this mechanism as the Eogenesis.

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