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A Model of Radiative Neutrino Mass: with or without Dark Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-04 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We present a three-loop model of neutrino mass whose most-general Lagrangian possesses a softly-broken accidental Z2Z_2 symmetry. In the limit that a single parameter vanishes, λ0\lambda\rightarrow0, the Z2Z_2 symmetry becomes exact and the model contains a stable dark-matter candidate. However, even for finite λ1\lambda\ll1, long-lived dark matter is possible, giving a unified solution to the neutrino mass and dark matter problems that does not invoke a new symmetry. Taken purely as a neutrino mass model, the new physics can be at the TeV scale. When dark matter is incorporated, however, only a singlet scalar can remain this light, though the dark matter can be tested in direct-detection experiments.

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@article{arxiv.1404.5917,
  title  = {A Model of Radiative Neutrino Mass: with or without Dark Matter},
  author = {Amine Ahriche and Kristian L. McDonald and Salah Nasri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.5917},
  year   = {2014}
}

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19 pages, 7 figures, published version