Inverse Seesaw, dark matter and the Hubble tension
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2021-11-17 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We consider the inverse Seesaw scenario for neutrino masses with the approximate Lepton number symmetry broken dynamically by a scalar with Lepton number two. We show that the Majoron associated to the spontaneous symmetry breaking can alleviate the Hubble tension through its contribution to and late decays to neutrinos. Among the additional fermionic states required for realizing the inverse Seesaw mechanism, sterile neutrinos at the keV-MeV scale can account for all the dark matter component of the Universe if produced via freeze-in from the decays of heavier degrees of freedom.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2106.05298,
title = {Inverse Seesaw, dark matter and the Hubble tension},
author = {Enrique Fernandez-Martinez and Mathias Pierre and Emanuelle Pinsard and Salvador Rosauro-Alcaraz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.05298},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
22 pages, 2 figures