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Neutrino Mass Induced $n$-$\overline{n}$ Oscillation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-05-28 v2

Abstract

The Georgi-Glashow model is the simplest possible attempt at grand unification. However, due to its particle content, the model preserves a global U(1)BLU(1)_{B-L} symmetry, where BB and LL are baryon and lepton numbers, respectively. It thus leaves neutrinos massless just as the Standard Model does. The extensions of the Georgi-Glashow model that break lepton number by two units, i.e., scenarios with ΔL=2|\Delta L|=2 operator(s), naturally generate potentially viable Majorana neutrino masses. Since the dynamics that yields ΔL=2|\Delta L| = 2 interactions unavoidably induces ΔB=2|\Delta B| = 2 transitions via B ⁣ ⁣LB\!-\!L breaking, these extensions consequentially lead to intriguing processes such as neutron--antineutron (nn--n\overline{n}) oscillation. We investigate this intrinsic connection between neutrino mass generation and nn--n\overline{n} oscillation within a number of representative extensions of the Georgi-Glashow model that can yield realistic neutrino masses and mixing parameters. These extensions include the tree-level seesaw mechanism realizations of the Type I, II, and III varieties, as well as the one-loop and two-loop radiative neutrino mass models.

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@article{arxiv.2510.16103,
  title  = {Neutrino Mass Induced $n$-$\overline{n}$ Oscillation},
  author = {Ilja Dorsner and Svjetlana Fajfer and Shaikh Saad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.16103},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

7 pages, 7 figures. Discussions are expanded; version 2: accepted for publication in Physics Letters B