Dark matter as the origin of neutrino mass in the inverse seesaw mechanism
Sanjoy Mandal, Nicolás Rojas-Morales, Rahul Srivastava, J. W. F. Valle
Abstract
We propose that neutrino masses are “seeded” by a dark sector within the inverse seesaw mechanism. This way we have a new, “hidden”, variant of the scotogenic scenario for radiative neutrino masses. We discuss both explicit and dynamical lepton number violation. In addition to invisible Higgs decays with majoron emission, we discuss in detail the pheneomenolgy of dark matter, as well as the novel features associated to charged lepton flavour violation, and neutrino physics.
Topics & Concepts
Particle physicsSeesaw mechanismPhysicsNeutrinoDark matterLeptonSeesaw molecular geometryMass generationLepton numberHiggs bosonPhysics beyond the Standard ModelNeutrino oscillationSterile neutrinoNuclear physicsElectronParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesDark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaNeutrino Physics Research