In leptogenesis the evolution of a cosmological baryon asymmetry is usually studied by means of momentum integrated Boltzmann equations. To investigate the validity of this approach, we solve the full Boltzmann equations, without the assumption of kinetic equilibrium and including all quantum statistical factors. Beginning with the full mode equations, we derive the usual kinetic equations for the right-handed neutrino number density and integrated lepton asymmetry, and show explicitly the impact of each assumption on these quantities. We investigate also the effects of scattering of the right-handed neutrino with the top quark to leading order in the Yukawa couplings by means of the full Boltzmann equations. On a later stage we extend our studies to an alternative scenario in which the asymmetry is generated via decays of the next-to-lightest right-handed neutrino. Here we provide a restriction on the valid parameter space.
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In leptogenesis the evolution of a cosmological baryon asymmetry is usually studied by means of momentum integrated Boltzmann equations. To investigate the validity of this approach, we solve the full Boltzmann equations, without the assumption of kinetic equilibrium and including all quantum statistical factors. Beginning with the full mode equations, we derive the usual kinetic equations for the right-handed neutrino number density and integrated lepton asymmetry, and show explicitly the impac...
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