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We examine simple extension of the standard model with a pair of fermions, one singlet and a doublet, in a common thread linking the dark matter problem with the smallness of neutrino masses associated with several exciting features. In the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-07-28 Partha Konar , Ananya Mukherjee , Abhijit Kumar Saha , Sudipta Show

We give our comments on Ref. [1](arXiv:2507.07180) which critiques our idea of exploring quantum statistics to distinguish between Dirac and Majorana neutrinos proposed in some of our earlier works [2-4]. The ad-hoc symmetrization of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-21 C. S. Kim , M. V. N. Murthy , Dibyakrupa Sahoo

We analyze the geometric phase for neutrinos and we demonstrate that the geometric invariants associated to transitions between different neutrino flavors, for Majorana neutrinos, can depend on the representation of the mixing matrix and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-02-09 Antonio Capolupo , Salvatore Marco Giampaolo , Beatrix C. Hiesmayr , Gaetano Lambiase , Aniello Quaranta

We study the evolution of massive mixed Dirac and Majorana neutrinos in matter under the influence of a transversal magnetic field. The analysis is based on relativistic quantum mechanics. We solve exactly the evolution equation for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-09 Maxim Dvornikov , Jukka Maalampi

We propose a strategy for distinguishing the Dirac / Majorana character of heavy neutrinos with masses below the $W$ boson mass, using purely leptonic decays at the LHC. The strategy makes use of a forward-backward asymmetry of the opposite…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-14 Carolina Arbelaéz , Claudio Dib , Iván Schmidt , Juan Carlos Vasquez

Unphysical particles are commonly ruled out from the solution of physical equations, as they fundamentally cannot exist in any real system and, hence, cannot be examined experimentally in a direct fashion. One of the most celebrated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-23 R. Keil , C. Noh , A. Rai , S. Stützer , S. Nolte , D. G. Angelakis , A. Szameit

In spite of enormous experimental progress in determination of the neutrino parameters, theory of neutrino mass and mixing is still on the cross-roads. Guidelines could be (i) the connection between zero neutrino charges (and therefore a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-02 Alexei Yu. Smirnov

Status of determination of the neutrino masses and mixing is formulated and possible uncertainties, especially due to presence of the sterile neutrinos, are discussed. The data hint an existence of special ``neutrino'' symmetries. If not…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Alexei Yu. Smirnov

Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos, if ever observed, could help to decide the Dirac versus Majorana nature of neutrinos. We show that the magnetic moments of Majorana neutrinos have to fulfill triangle inequalities,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-09-10 Jean-Marie Frère , Julian Heeck , Simon Mollet

The nature of neutrino masses and the matter-antimatter asymmetry of our universe are two of the most important open problems in particle physics today and are notoriously difficult to test with current technology. Dirac neutrinos offer a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-10 Julian Heeck , Jan Heisig , Anil Thapa

While gluinos and neutralinos are Majorana fermions in the MSSM, they can be Dirac fermion fields in extended supersymmetry models. The difference between the two cases manifests itself in production and decay processes at colliders. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Freitas

We examine the origin of neutrino masses and oscillations in the context of the six-dimensional standard model. The space-time symmetries of this model explain proton stability and forbid Majorana neutrino masses. The consistency of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Thomas Appelquist , Bogdan A. Dobrescu , Eduardo Ponton , Ho-Ung Yee

We study all possible texture zeros in the Majorana neutrino mass matrix which are allowed from neutrino oscillation as well as cosmology data when the charged lepton mass matrix is assumed to take the diagonal form. In case of one-zero…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-17 Manikanta Borah , Debasish Borah , Mrinal Kumar Das

In a bid to simultaneous explanation of dark matter (DM) and tiny but non-zero masses of left-handed neutrinos, we propose a minimal extension of the Standard Model (SM) by a vector-like fermion doublet and three right handed (RH) singlet…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-03-17 Manoranjan Dutta , Subhaditya Bhattacharya , Purusottam Ghosh , Narendra Sahu

We study the purely leptonic decays of $W^\pm \to e^\pm e^\pm \mu^\mp \nu$ and $\mu^\pm \mu^\pm e^\mp \nu$ produced at the LHC, induced by sterile neutrinos with mass $m_N$ below $M_W$ in the intermediate state. Since the final state…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-07-13 Claudio O. Dib , C. S. Kim , Kechen Wang , Jue Zhang

After reviewing charge conjugation and the CPT theorem, we define Majorana fermions and clarify the relationship of Majorana, Weyl, and Dirac fields. Appearance of Majorana fermions in various scenarios of physics beyond the Standard Model…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-31 Ken-ichi Hikasa

Given the most general Lorentz invariant four-fermion effective interaction possible for two neutrinos and two charged fermions, whether quarks or leptons, all possible 2-to-2 processes involving two neutrinos, whether Dirac or Majorana…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Jean El Bachir Mendy , Jan Govaerts

In this paper the interaction of high energy neutrinos with weak gravitational fields is briefly explored. The form of the graviton-neutrino vertex is motivated from Lorentz and gauge invariance and the non-relativistic interpretations of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-12-30 A. Menon , Arun M. Thalapillil

Neutrinoless double beta decay is a process of fundamental importance for particle physics. It can be mediated by light massive Majorana neutrinos (standard interpretation) or by something else (non-standard interpretations). We review its…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-24 Werner Rodejohann

There are now strong hints suggesting that neutrinos do have a mass after all. If they do have a mass, it would have to be tiny. Why is it so? Is it Dirac or Majorana? Can one build a model in which a teeny, tiny Dirac neutrino mass arises…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Q. Hung