Connecting neutrino physics with dark matter
The origin of neutrino masses and the nature of dark matter are two in most pressing open questions in modern astro-particle physics. We consider here the possibility that these two problems are related, and review some theoretical scenarios which offer common solutions. A simple possibility is that...
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| author | Massimiliano Lattanzi Roberto A Lineros Marco Taoso |
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| description | The origin of neutrino masses and the nature of dark matter are two in most pressing open questions in modern astro-particle physics. We consider here the possibility that these two problems are related, and review some theoretical scenarios which offer common solutions. A simple possibility is that the dark matter particle emerges in minimal realizations of the seesaw mechanism, as in the majoron and sterile neutrino scenarios. We present the theoretical motivation for both models and discuss their phenomenology, confronting the predictions of these scenarios with cosmological and astrophysical observations. Finally, we discuss the possibility that the stability of dark matter originates from a flavor symmetry of the leptonic sector. We review a proposal based on an A _4 flavor symmetry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-301d2929b4a944e0885adf97741d52542023-08-08T11:26:19ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302014-01-01161212501210.1088/1367-2630/16/12/125012Connecting neutrino physics with dark matterMassimiliano Lattanzi0Roberto A Lineros1Marco Taoso2Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienza della Terra, Universitá di Ferrara and INFN sezione di Ferrara , Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico—Edificio C Via Saragat, 1, I-44122 Ferrara, ItalyInstituto de Física Corpuscular—CSIC/Universitad de Valencia, Parc Científic , calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, E-46980 Paterna, SpainInstitut de Physique Théorique, CNRS , URA 2306 CEA/Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceThe origin of neutrino masses and the nature of dark matter are two in most pressing open questions in modern astro-particle physics. We consider here the possibility that these two problems are related, and review some theoretical scenarios which offer common solutions. A simple possibility is that the dark matter particle emerges in minimal realizations of the seesaw mechanism, as in the majoron and sterile neutrino scenarios. We present the theoretical motivation for both models and discuss their phenomenology, confronting the predictions of these scenarios with cosmological and astrophysical observations. Finally, we discuss the possibility that the stability of dark matter originates from a flavor symmetry of the leptonic sector. We review a proposal based on an A _4 flavor symmetry.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/12/125012neutrinosdark matterflavourmajoronsterile neutrinos95.35.+d |
| spellingShingle | Massimiliano Lattanzi Roberto A Lineros Marco Taoso Connecting neutrino physics with dark matter New Journal of Physics neutrinos dark matter flavour majoron sterile neutrinos 95.35.+d |
| title | Connecting neutrino physics with dark matter |
| title_full | Connecting neutrino physics with dark matter |
| title_fullStr | Connecting neutrino physics with dark matter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connecting neutrino physics with dark matter |
| title_short | Connecting neutrino physics with dark matter |
| title_sort | connecting neutrino physics with dark matter |
| topic | neutrinos dark matter flavour majoron sterile neutrinos 95.35.+d |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/12/125012 |
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