Dirac mass matrix textures and the lightest right-handed neutrino mass scale in Type I seesaw leptogenesis

The type I seesaw mechanism is one of the leading proposed explanations for how neutrinos acquire their tiny masses. However, the mass scale of the undiscovered right-handed neutrinos required by this mechanism remains undetermined. Assuming vanilla leptogenesis in the two-flavor regime, we work backwards to find the required general textures of the Dirac mass matrix from which we determine the mass of the lightest right-handed neutrino to be around ${10}^9\mathrm{G}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}$ to ${10}^{12}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}$.