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Dark matter as the origin of neutrino mass in the inverse seesaw mechanism

Sanjoy MandalNicolás RojasJosé W. F. ValleRahul Srivastava

subject

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)PhysicsQC1-999High Energy Physics::PhenomenologyDark matterFOS: Physical sciencesLepton numberHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)Seesaw mechanismRadiative transferHiggs bosonHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic AstrophysicsMajoronLepton

description

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.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136609