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Boucenna, S.M.; Fonseca, R.M.; Gonzalez-Canales, F.; Valle, J.W.F. |
| Title |
Small neutrino masses and gauge coupling unification |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
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91 |
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3 |
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031702 - 5pp |
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The physics responsible for gauge coupling unification may also induce small neutrino masses. We propose a novel gauge-mediated radiative seesaw mechanism for calculable neutrino masses. These arise from quantum corrections mediated by new SU(3)(C) circle times SU(3)(L) circle times U(1)(X) (3-3-1) gauge bosons and the physics driving gauge coupling unification. Gauge couplings unify for a 3-3-1 scale in the TeV range, making the model directly testable at the LHC. |
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[Boucenna, Sofiane M.; Fonseca, Renato M.; Gonzalez-Canales, Felix; Valle, Jose W. F.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: boucenna@ific.uv.es; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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1550-7998 |
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WOS:000350208800001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2144 |
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Fonseca, R.M.; Hirsch, M. |
| Title |
SU(5)-inspired double beta decay |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
92 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
015014 - 14pp |
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The short-range part of the neutrinoless double beta amplitude is generated via the exchange of exotic particles, such as charged scalars, leptoquarks and/or diquarks. In order to give a sizable contribution to the total decay rate, the masses of these exotics should be of the order of (at most) a few TeV. Here, we argue that these exotics could be the “light” (i.e., weak-scale) remnants of some B – L violating variants of SU(5). We show that unification of the standard model gauge couplings, consistent with proton decay limits, can be achieved in such a setup without the need to introduce supersymmetry. Since these nonminimal SU(5)-inspired models violate B – L, they generate Majorana neutrino masses and therefore make it possible to explain neutrino oscillation data. The light colored particles of these models can potentially be observed at the LHC, and it might be possible to probe the origin of the neutrino masses with Delta L = 2 violating signals. As particular realizations of this idea, we present two models, one for each of the two possible tree-level topologies of neutrinoless double beta decay. |
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[Fonseca, Renato M.; Hirsch, Martin] Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: renato.fonseca@ific.uv.es; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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1550-7998 |
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WOS:000357860200006 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2300 |
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Fonseca, R.M. |
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On the chirality of the SM and the fermion content of GUTs |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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Nuclear Physics B |
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Nucl. Phys. B |
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897 |
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757-780 |
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The Standard Model (SM) is a chiral theory, where right- and left-handed fermion fields transform differently under the gauge group. Extra fermions, if they do exist, need to be heavy otherwise they would have already been observed. With no complex mechanisms at work, such as confining interactions or extra-dimensions, this can only be achieved if every extra right-handed fermion comes paired with a left-handed one transforming in the same way under the Standard Model gauge group, otherwise the new states would only get a mass after electroweak symmetry breaking, which would necessarily be small (similar to 100 GeV). Such a simple requirement severely constrains the fermion content of Grand Unified Theories (GUTs). It is known for example that three copies of the representations (5) over bar + 10 of SU(5) or three copies of the 16 of SO(10) can reproduce the Standard Model's chirality, but how unique are these arrangements? In a systematic way, this paper looks at the possibility of having non-standard mixtures of fermion GUT representations yielding the correct Standard Model chirality. Family unification is possible with large special unitary groups for example, the 171 representation of SU(19) may decompose as 3(16) + 120 + 3(1) under SO(10). |
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Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: renato.fonseca@ific.uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0550-3213 |
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WOS:000358623600032 |
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no |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2328 |
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Bonilla, C.; Fonseca, R.M.; Valle, J.W.F. |
| Title |
Consistency of the triplet seesaw model revisited |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
92 |
Issue |
7 |
Pages |
075028 - 7pp |
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Adding a scalar triplet to the Standard Model is one of the simplest ways of giving mass to neutrinos, providing at the same time a mechanism to stabilize the theory's vacuum. In this paper, we revisit these aspects of the type-II seesaw model pointing out that the bounded-from-below conditions for the scalar potential in use in the literature are not correct. We discuss some scenarios where the correction can be significant and sketch the typical scalar boson profile expected by consistency. |
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[Bonilla, Cesar; Fonseca, Renato M.; Valle, J. W. F.] CSIC Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: cbonilla@ific.uv.es; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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1550-7998 |
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WOS:000363237400013 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2423 |
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Bonilla, C.; Fonseca, R.M.; Valle, J.W.F. |
| Title |
Vacuum stability with spontaneous violation of lepton number |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
| Volume |
756 |
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345-349 |
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The vacuum of the Standard Model is known to be unstable for the measured values of the top and Higgs masses. Here we show how vacuum stability can be achieved naturally if lepton number is violated spontaneously at the TeV scale. More precise Higgs measurements in the next LHC run should provide a crucial test of our symmetry breaking scenario. In addition, these schemes typically lead to enhanced rates for processes involving lepton flavor violation. |
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[Bonilla, Cesar; Fonseca, Renato M.; Valle, Jose W. F.] Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Parc Cient Paterna,C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: cesar.bonilla@ific.uv.es; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000373569200053 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2638 |
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