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Blocking mesogenesis

Chaja Baruch1,*, Gilly Elor2,†, Jared M. Goldberg1,‡, Omer Shtaif1,§, and Yotam Soreq1,3,∥

  • *Contact author: chajabaruch@campus.technion.ac.il
  • †Contact author: gilly.elor@austin.utexas.edu
  • ‡Contact author: jmgoldberg@campus.technion.ac.il
  • §Contact author: omer.shtaif@campus.technion.ac.il
  • ∥Contact author: soreqy@physics.technion.ac.il
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Phys. Rev. D 114, 035044 – Published 31 August, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/g7d9-5x5m

Abstract

Mechanisms of mesogenesis generate the baryon asymmetry and dark matter of the Universe through late-time decays of Standard Model mesons into baryons and dark matter states. Utilizing the CP violation in the meson systems themselves, the resulting baryon asymmetry is directly controlled by collider observables, the CP asymmetry ACP, and the branching fraction for the meson decays. Experimental probes of these decays place strong constraints on the amount of CP violation required, placing it well above observed limits in meson mixing. Additionally, strong lower bounds on the proton lifetime seemingly rule out mesogenesis mechanisms which use D mesons. In this work, we propose to circumvent these constraints by “morphing” the mass of the dark sector particles using a late-time phase transition. The change in mass of the final decay products kinematically excludes meson and proton decays, relaxing the constraints on the model parameter space.

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 035044– Published 31 August, 2026
  • Received 6 April 2026
  • Accepted 23 July 2026
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