Abstract
I will review some aspects of neutrino physics that may be relevant for the
Physics of the Early Universe. In particular I will discuss: (i) the
connection of (right-handed) Majorana neutrinos to Leptogenesis and
Baryogenesis, thereby providing an explanation for the generation of the
observed Baryon Asymmetry in the Universe, (ii) a possible connection of
Majorana right-handed neutrinos to Dark matter and the associated
astrophysical, cosmological
and oscillation constraints, (iii) the formation of neutrino condensates in
the Early Universe and links to dark energy, and (iv) the propagation of
neutrinos in CPT Violating geometries of the Early Universe and the
possibility of Leptogenesis/Baryogenesis without the need for enhanced CP
violation. If the time allows, I will also discuss novel ways of generating
masses for the right-handed neutrinos, lying in the right ball park for the
lightest of these states (keV) to play a consistent cosmological role as
dark matter, that go beyond the traditional see-saw mechanisms. These are
associated with global anomalies, such as those arising in some geometries
with torsion. In such scenarios, Majorana right-handed neutrino masses are
generated at three loops, as a consequence of the mixing of a torsion
pseudoscalar field with an axion, coupling to neutrinos via
chirality-changing Yukawa couplings.