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The smallest neutrino mass

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We consider models where one Majorana neutrino is massless at tree level (like the see saw with two right-handed neutrinos), and compute the contribution to its mass m generated by two-loop quantum corrections. The result is m \sim 10^{-13}eV in the SM and m \sim 10^{-10} eV (tanBeta/10)^4 in the MSSM, compatible with the restricted range suggested by Affleck-Dine baryogenesis.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0611389,
  title  = {The smallest neutrino mass},
  author = {Sacha Davidson and Gino Isidori and Alessandro Strumia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0611389},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

6 pages. v2: final version to appear on PLB; important reference added

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