The seesaw mechanism in the $\mu \nu$SSM
Abstract
The SSM proposes to use right-handed neutrino supermultiplets in order to generate the term and neutrino masses simultaneously. We discuss neutrino physics and the associated electroweak seesaw mechanism in this model. We show how to obtain, from the neutralino-neutrino mass matrix of the SSM, the effective neutrino mass matrix. In particular we discuss certain limits of this matrix that clarify the neutrino-sector behavior of the model. We also show that current data on neutrino masses and mixing angles can easily be reproduced. These constraints can be fulfilled even with a diagonal neutrino Yukawa matrix, since this seesaw does not involve only the right-handed neutrinos but also the MSSM neutralinos. To obtain the correct neutrino angles turns out to be easy due to the following characteristics of this seesaw: R-parity is broken and the relevant scale is the electroweak one.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1004.0884,
title = {The seesaw mechanism in the $\mu \nu$SSM},
author = {Daniel E. Lopez-Fogliani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.0884},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
7 pages, 1 figure. Talk given at "BUE, CTP International Conference on Neutrino Physics in the LHC Era", Luxor, Egypt, 15-19 Nov. 2009.