A theory for scotogenic dark matter stabilised by residual gauge symmetry

Author(s)

Leite, Julio ^{[1, 2]} ; Popov, Oleg ^{[3, 4]} ; Srivastava, Rahul ^{[2, 5]} ; Valle, Jose W. F. ^[2]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, BR-09210580 Santo Andre, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, Parc Cient Paterna, C Catedratico Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia - Spain

^[3] Seoul Natl Univ Sci & Technol, Inst Convergence Fundamental Studies, Seoul 139743 - South Korea

^[4] Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, 291 Daehak Ro, Daejeon 34141 - South Korea

^[5] India Inst Sci Educ & Res Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Rd, Bhopal 462066 - India

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Physics Letters B; v. 802, MAR 10 2020.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Dark matter stability can result from a residual matter-parity symmetry, following naturally from the spontaneous breaking of the gauge symmetry. Here we explore this idea in the context of the SU(3)(c) circle times SU(3)L circle times U(1)(x) circle times U(1)(N) electroweak extension of the standard model. The key feature of our new scotogenic dark matter theory is the use of a triplet scalar boson with anti-symmetric Yukawa couplings. This naturally implies that one of the light neutrinos is massless and, as a result, there is a lower bound for the O nu beta beta decay rate. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 19/04195-7 - Low-scale neutrino mass generation mechanisms from TeV scale gauge extensions of the Standard Model
• Grantee: Julio Rafael da Silva Leite
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor