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Canonical seesaw implication for two-component dark matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-05-20 v2

Abstract

We show that the canonical seesaw mechanism implemented by the U(1)BLU(1)_{B-L} gauge symmetry provides two-component dark matter naturally. The seesaw scale that breaks BLB-L defines a residual gauge symmetry to be Z6=Z2Z3Z_6=Z_2\otimes Z_3, where Z2Z_2 leads to the usual matter parity, while Z3Z_3 is newly recognized, transforming quark fields nontrivially. The dark matter components -- that transform nontrivially under the matter parity and Z3Z_3, respectively -- can gain arbitrary masses, despite the fact that the Z3Z_3 dark matter may be heavier than the light quarks u,du,d. This dark matter setup can address the XENON1T anomaly recently observed and other observables, given that the dark matter masses are nearly degenerate, heavier than the electron and the BLB-L gauge boson ZZ', as well as the fast-moving Z3Z_3 dark matter has a large BLB-L charge, while the ZZ' is viably below the beam dump experiment sensitive regime.

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@article{arxiv.2007.08957,
  title  = {Canonical seesaw implication for two-component dark matter},
  author = {Phung Van Dong and Cao H. Nam and Duong Van Loi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.08957},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

11 pages, 5 tables, 4 figures; substantially improved with references added

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