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Gargalionis, J.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Schmidt, M.A. |
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Model-independent estimates for loop-induced baryon-number-violating nucleon decays |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2024 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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06 |
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6 |
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182 - 52pp |
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Baryon/Lepton Number Violation; SMEFT |
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Baryon number is an accidental symmetry of the Standard Model (SM) Lagrangian that so far has been measured to be exactly preserved, although it is expected to be violated at higher energies. In this work we compute order-of-magnitude estimates for the matching contributions of generic ultraviolet models to effective operators that generate nucleon decay processes. This is done in a systematic and automated way using operators constructed from SM fields up to dimension nine and working in a framework that has proved useful in the study of lepton-number violation. For each of the operators we derive estimates for the rates of different nucleon-decay channels. These allow us to establish model-independent lower bounds on the underlying new-physics scale and identify potential correlations between the various decay modes. The results are most relevant for families of models that generate the considered operator. This analysis is especially timely given the expected future sensitivities in numerous experiments such as Hyper-K, DUNE, JUNO and THEIA. |
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[Gargalionis, John; Herrero-Garcia, Juan] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Burjassot 46100, Spain, Email: john.gargalionis@ific.uv.es; |
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WOS:001257098800002 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Yokoyama, R. et al; Tain, J.L.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Morales, A.I.; Rubio, B.; Tolosa-Delgado, A. |
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β-delayed neutron emissions from N > 50 gallium isotopes |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Physical Review C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. C |
| Volume |
108 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
064307 - 15pp |
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beta-delayed gamma-neutron spectroscopy has been performed on the decay of A=84 to 87 gallium isotopes at the RI-beam Factory at the RIKEN Nishina Center using a high-efficiency array of 3He neutron counters (BRIKEN). beta-2n-gamma events were measured in the decays of all of the four isotopes for the first time, which is direct evidence for populating the excited states of two-neutron daughter nuclei. Detailed decay schemes with the gamma branching ratios were obtained for these isotopes, and the neutron emission probabilities (P-xn) were updated from the previous study. Hauser-Feshbach statistical model calculations were performed to understand the experimental branching ratios. We found that the P-1n and P-2n values are sensitive to the nuclear level densities of 1n daughter nuclei and showed that the statistical model reproduced the P-2n/P-1n ratio better when experimental levels plus shell-model level densities fit by the Gilbert-Cameron formula were used as the level-density input. We also showed the neutron and gamma branching ratios are sensitive to the ground-state spin of the parent nucleus. Our statistical model analysis suggested J <= 3 for the unknown ground-state spin of the odd-odd nucleus Ga-86, from the I gamma(4(+)-> 2(+))/I-gamma(2(+)-> 0(+)) ratio of Ga-84 and the P-2n/P-1n ratio. These results show the necessity of detailed understanding of the decay scheme, including data from neutron spectroscopy, in addition to gamma measurements of the multineutron emitters. |
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[Yokoyama, R.; Grzywacz, R.; Rasco, B. C.; Brewer, N.; Heideman, J.; King, T. T.; Madurga, M.; Singh, M.] Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA, Email: yokoyama@cns.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
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WOS:001159167500001 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5939 |
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Dimitriou, P. et al; Tain, J.L.; Algora, A. |
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Development of a Reference Database for Beta-Delayed Neutron Emission |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2021 |
Publication |
Nuclear Data Sheets |
Abbreviated Journal |
Nucl. Data Sheets |
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173 |
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144-238 |
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Beta-delayed neutron emission is important for nuclear structure and astrophysics as well as for reactor applications. Significant advances in nuclear experimental techniques in the past two decades have led to a wealth of new measurements that remain to be incorporated in the databases. We report on a coordinated effort to compile and evaluate all the available beta-delayed neutron emission data. The different measurement techniques have been assessed and the data have been compared with semi-microscopic and microscopic-macroscopic models. The new microscopic database has been tested against aggregate total delayed neutron yields, time-dependent group parameters in 6-and 8-group re-presentation, and aggregate delayed neutron spectra. New recommendations of macroscopic delayed-neutron data for fissile materials of interest to applications are also presented. |
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[Dimitriou, P.; Verpelli, M.] IAEA, NAPC Nucl Data Sect, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, Email: p.dimitriou@iaea.org |
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Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science |
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0090-3752 |
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WOS:000647012500006 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4828 |
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Yokoyama, R. et al; Tain, J.L.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Morales, A.I.; Rubio, B.; Tolosa-Delgado, A. |
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Strong one-neutron emission from two-neutron unbound states in beta decays of the r-process nuclei Ga-86,Ga-87 |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
Publication |
Physical Review C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. C |
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100 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
031302 - 6pp |
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beta-delayed one-neutron and two-neutron branching ratios (P-1n and P-2n) have been measured in the decay of A = 84 to 87 Ga isotopes at the Radioactive-Isotope Beam Factory (RIBF) at the RIKEN Nishina Center using a high-efficiency array of He-3 neutron counters (BRIKEN). Two-neutron emission was observed in the decay of Ga-84,Ga-85,Ga-87 for the first time and the branching ratios were measured to be P-2n = 1.6(2)%, 1.3(2)%, and 10.2(28)(stat)(5)(sys)%, respectively. One-neutron branching ratio of Ga-87 (P-1n = 81(9)(stat)(8)(sys)%) and half-life of 29(4) ms were measured for the first time. The branching ratios of Ga-86 were also measured to be P-1n = 74(2)(stat)(8)(sys)% and 16.2(9)(stat)(6)(sys)% with better precision than a previous study. The observation that P-1n > P-2n for both Ga-86,Ga-87 was unexpected and is interpreted as a signature of dominating one-neutron emission from the two-neutron unbound excited states in Ge-86,Ge-87. In order to interpret the experimental results, shell-model and Hauser-Feshbach statistical model calculations of delayed particle and gamma-ray emission probabilities were performed. This model framework reproduces the experimental results. The shell model alone predicts P-2n significantly larger than P-1n for the Ga-87 decay, and it is necessary to invoke a statistical description to successfully explain the observation that P-1n > P-2n. Our new results demonstrate the relevance and importance of a statistical description of neutron emission for the prediction of the decay properties of multineutron emitters and that it must be included in the r-process modeling. |
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[Yokoyama, R.; Grzywacz, R.; Rasco, B. C.; Brewer, N.; Heideman, J.; King, T. T.; Madurga, M.; Singh, M.] Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA, Email: ryokoyam@utk.edu |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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WOS:000486641000001 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4145 |
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Ding, G.J.; Nath, N.; Srivastava, R.; Valle, J.W.F. |
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Status and prospects of 'bi-large' leptonic mixing |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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796 |
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162-167 |
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Bi-large patterns for the leptonic mixing matrix are confronted with current neutrino oscillation data. We analyse the status of these patterns and determine, through realistic simulations, the potential of the upcoming long-baseline experiment DUNE in testing bi-large ansatze and discriminating amongst them. |
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[Ding, Gui-Jun] Univ Sci & Technol China, Interdisciplinary Ctr Theoret Study, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China, Email: dinggj@ustc.edu.cn; |
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Elsevier |
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WOS:000483426200024 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4132 |
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Anderson, P.R.; Clark, R.D.; Fabbri, A.; Good, M.R.R. |
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Late time approach to Hawking radiation: Terms beyond leading order |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
100 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
061703 - 5pp |
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Black hole evaporation is studied using wave packets for the modes. These allow for approximate frequency and time resolution. The leading order late time behavior gives the well-known Hawking radiation that is independent of how the black hole formed. The focus here is on the higher order terms and the rate at which they damp at late times. Some of these terms carry information about how the black hole formed. A general argument is given which shows that the damping is significantly slower (power law) than what might be naively expected from a stationary phase approximation (exponential). This result is verified by numerical calculations in the cases of 2D and 4D black holes that form from the collapse of a null shell. |
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[Anderson, Paul R.; Clark, Raymond D.] Wake Forest Univ, Dept Phys, Winston Salem, NC 27109 USA, Email: anderson@wfu.edu; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:000487736400001 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4151 |
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Arnault, P.; Pepper, B.; Perez, A. |
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Quantum walks in weak electric fields and Bloch oscillations |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
Publication |
Physical Review A |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. A |
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101 |
Issue |
6 |
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062324 - 12pp |
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Bloch oscillations appear when an electric field is superimposed on a quantum particle that evolves on a lattice with a tight-binding Hamiltonian (TBH), i.e., evolves via what we call an electric TBH; this phenomenon will be referred to as TBH Bloch oscillations. A similar phenomenon is known to show up in so-called electric discrete-time quantum walks (DQWs) [C. Cedzich et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 160601 (2013);] this phenomenon will be referred to as DQW Bloch oscillations. This similarity is particularly salient when the electric field of the DQW is weak. For a wide, i.e., spatially extended, initial condition, one numerically observes semiclassical oscillations, i.e., oscillations of a localized particle, for both the electric TBH and the electric DQW. More precisely, the numerical simulations strongly suggest that the semiclassical DQW Bloch oscillations correspond to two counterpropagating semiclassical TBH Bloch oscillations. In this work it is shown that, under certain assumptions, the solution of the electric DQW for a weak electric field and a wide initial condition is well approximated by the superposition of two continuous-time expressions, which are counterpropagating solutions of an electric TBH whose hopping amplitude is the cosine of the arbitrary coin-operator mixing angle. In contrast, if one wishes the continuous-time approximation to hold for spatially localized initial conditions, one needs at least the DQW to be lazy, as suggested by numerical simulations and by the fact that this has been proven in the case of a vanishing electric field [F. W. Strauch, Phys. Rev. A 74, 030301(R) (2006)]. |
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[Arnault, Pablo; Pepper, Benjamin; Perez, A.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Cerrer Dr Moliner 50, Burjassot 46100, Spain, Email: pablo.arnault@ific.uv.es; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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WOS:000541400900002 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4431 |
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BRIKEN Collaboration (Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. et al); Tain, J.L.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Morales, A.I.; Rubio, B.; Tolosa, A. |
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Conceptual design of a hybrid neutron-gamma detector for study of beta-delayed neutrons at the RIB facility of RIKEN |
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Journal Article |
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2017 |
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Journal of Instrumentation |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Instrum. |
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12 |
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P04006 - 22pp |
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Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction; of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc); Instrumentation for radioactive beams (fragmentation devices; fragment and isotope, separators incl. ISOL; isobar separators; ion and atom traps; weak-beam diagnostics; radioactive-beam ion sources); Neutron detectors (cold, thermal, fast neutrons) |
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BRIKEN is a complex detection system to be installed at the RIB-facility of the RIKEN Nishina Center. It is aimed at the detection of heavy-ion implants, β-particles, γ-rays and β-delayed neutrons. The whole detection setup involves the Advanced Implantation Detection Array (AIDA), two HPGe Clover detectors and a large set of 166 counters of 3He embedded in a high-density polyethylene matrix. This article reports on a novel methodology developed for the conceptual design and optimisation of the 3He-tubes array, aiming at the best possible performance in terms of neutron detection. The algorithm is based on a geometric representation of two selected parameters of merit, namely, average neutron detection efficiency and efficiency flatness, as a function of a reduced number of geometric variables. The response of the detection system itself, for each configuration, is obtained from a systematic MC-simulation implemented realistically in Geant4. This approach has been found to be particularly useful. On the one hand, due to the different types and large number of 3He-tubes involved and, on the other hand, due to the additional constraints introduced by the ancillary detectors for charged particles and gamma-rays. Empowered by the robustness of the algorithm, we have been able to design a versatile detection system, which can be easily re-arranged into a compact mode in order to maximize the neutron detection performance, at the cost of the gamma-ray sensitivity. In summary, we have designed a system which shows, for neutron energies up to 1(5) MeV, a rather flat and high average efficiency of 68.6%(64%) and 75.7%(71%) for the hybrid and compact modes, respectively. The performance of the BRIKEN system has been also quantified realistically by means of MC-simulations made with different neutron energy distributions. |
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[Tarifeno-Saldivia, A.] UPC, Barcelona, Spain, Email: ariel.esteban.tarifeno@upc.edu |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1748-0221 |
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WOS:000405067800006 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Carcamo Hernandez, A.E.; Hati, C.; Kovalenko, S.; Valle, J.W.F.; Vaquera-Araujo, C.A. |
| Title |
Scotogenic neutrino masses with gauged matter parity and gauge coupling unification |
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Journal Article |
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2022 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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03 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
034 - 25pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Gauge Symmetry; Neutrino Physics |
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Building up on previous work we propose a Dark Matter (DM) model with gauged matter parity and dynamical gauge coupling unification, driven by the same physics responsible for scotogenic neutrino mass generation. Our construction is based on the extended gauge group SU(3)(c) circle times SU(3)(L) circle times U(1)(X) circle times U(1)(N), whose spontaneous breaking leaves a residual conserved matter parity, M-P, stabilizing the DM particle candidates of the model. The key role is played by Majorana SU(3) (L)-octet leptons, allowing the successful gauge coupling unification and a one-loop scotogenic neutrino mass generation. Theoretical consistency allows for a plethora of new particles at the less than or similar to O(10) TeV scale, hence accessible to future collider and low-energy experiments. |
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[Carcamo Hernandez, A. E.] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Casilla 110-5, Valparaiso, Chile, Email: antonio.carcamo@usm.cl; |
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WOS:000766168700014 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5162 |
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Rojas, N.; Srivastava, R.; Valle, J.W.F. |
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Simplest scoto-seesaw mechanism |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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789 |
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132-136 |
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By combining the simplest (3,1) version of the seesaw mechanism containing a single heavy “right-handed” neutrino with the minimal scotogenic approach to dark matter, we propose a theory for neutrino oscillations. The “atmospheric” mass scale arises at tree level from the seesaw, while the “solar” oscillation scale emerges radiatively, through a loop involving the “dark sector” exchange. Such simple setup gives a clear interpretation of the neutrino oscillation lengths, has a viable WIMP dark matter candidate, and implies a lower bound on the neutrinoless double beta decay rate. |
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[Rojas, Nicolas] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Fis, Casilla 110-V,Avda Espana 1680, Valparaiso, Chile, Email: nicolas.rojasro@usm.cl; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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WOS:000457165400017 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3898 |
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