Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matter

If dark matter is light, it may be due to a seesaw mechanism just as neutrinos are. It is postulated that both originate from the same type of heavy fermion anchors, either singlets or triplets. In the latter case, a shift of the W mass is predicted, as suggested by the CDF precision measurement. A...

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Main Author: Ernest Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323006111
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description If dark matter is light, it may be due to a seesaw mechanism just as neutrinos are. It is postulated that both originate from the same type of heavy fermion anchors, either singlets or triplets. In the latter case, a shift of the W mass is predicted, as suggested by the CDF precision measurement. A spontaneously broken dark U(1) gauge symmetry is assumed, resulting in freeze-in long-lived light dark matter.
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spelling doaj.art-9cc03763c6624384af226d5c5fcbe3932023-11-26T05:11:23ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932023-12-01847138277Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matterErnest Ma0Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USAIf dark matter is light, it may be due to a seesaw mechanism just as neutrinos are. It is postulated that both originate from the same type of heavy fermion anchors, either singlets or triplets. In the latter case, a shift of the W mass is predicted, as suggested by the CDF precision measurement. A spontaneously broken dark U(1) gauge symmetry is assumed, resulting in freeze-in long-lived light dark matter.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323006111
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Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matter
Physics Letters B
title Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matter
title_full Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matter
title_fullStr Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matter
title_full_unstemmed Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matter
title_short Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matter
title_sort parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze in long lived dark matter
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