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Aparici, A.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Rius, N.; Santamaria, A. |
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Neutrino masses from new generations |
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2011 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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122 |
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We reconsider the possibility that Majorana masses for the three known neutrinos are generated radiatively by the presence of a fourth generation and one right-handed neutrino with Yukawa couplings and a Majorana mass term. We find that the observed light neutrino mass hierarchy is not compatible with low energy universality bounds in this minimal scenario, but all present data can be accommodated with five generations and two right-handed neutrinos. Within this framework, we explore the parameter space regions which are currently allowed and could lead to observable effects in neutrinoless double beta decay, mu-e conversion in nuclei and μ-> e gamma experiments. We also discuss the detection prospects at LHC. |
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1126-6708 |
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WOS:000293741500058 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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759 |
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Aparici, A.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Rius, N.; Santamaria, A. |
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On the nature of the fourth generation neutrino and its implications |
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2012 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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030 - 31pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics |
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We consider the neutrino sector of a Standard Model with four generations. While the three light neutrinos can obtain their masses from a variety of mechanisms with or without new neutral fermions, fourth-generation neutrinos need at least one new relatively light right-handed neutrino. If lepton number is not conserved this neutrino must have a Majorana mass term whose size depends on the underlying mechanism for lepton number violation. Majorana masses for the fourth-generation neutrinos induce relative large two-loop contributions to the light neutrino masses which could be even larger than the cosmological bounds. This sets strong limits on the mass parameters and mixings of the fourth-generation neutrinos. |
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[Aparici, Alberto] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: alberto.aparici@uv.es; |
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Springer |
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1126-6708 |
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WOS:000307298400030 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1157 |
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Herrero-Garcia, J.; Schwetz, T.; Zupan, J. |
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On the annual modulation signal in dark matter direct detection |
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2012 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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03 |
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3 |
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005 - 28pp |
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dark matter theory; dark matter experiments; dark matter detectors |
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We derive constraints on the annual modulation signal in Dark Matter (DM) direct detection experiments in terms of the unmodulated event rate. A general bound independent of the details of the DM distribution follows from the assumption that the motion of the earth around the sun is the only source of time variation. The bound is valid for a very general class of particle physics models and also holds in the presence of an unknown unmodulated background. More stringent bounds are obtained, if modest assumptions on symmetry properties of the DM halo are adopted. We illustrate the bounds by applying them to the annual modulation signals reported by the DAMA and CoGeNT experiments in the framework of spin-independent elastic scattering. While the DAMA signal satisfies our bounds, severe restrictions on the DM mass can be set for CoGeNT. |
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[Herrero-Garcia, Juan; Schwetz, Thomas] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany, Email: juan.a.herrero@uv.es; |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000302949600005 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1000 |
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Bozorgnia, N.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Schwetz, T.; Zupan, J. |
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Halo-independent methods for inelastic dark matter scattering |
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Journal Article |
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2013 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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049 - 15pp |
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dark matter theory; dark matter experiments |
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We present halo-independent methods to analyze the results of dark matter direct detection experiments assuming inelastic scattering. We focus on the annual modulation signal reported by DAMA/LIBRA and present three different halo-independent tests. First, we compare it to the upper limit on the unmodulated rate from XENON100 using (a) the trivial requirement that the amplitude of the annual modulation has to be smaller than the bound on the unmodulated rate, and (b) a bound on the annual modulation amplitude based on an expansion in the Earth's velocity. The third test uses the special predictions of the signal shape for inelastic scattering and allows for an internal consistency check of the data without referring to any astrophysics. We conclude that a strong conflict between DAMA/LIBRA and XENON100 in the framework of spin-independent inelastic scattering can be established independently of the local properties of the dark matter halo. |
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[Bozorgnia, Nassim; Schwetz, Thomas] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Email: bozorgnia@mpi-hd.mpg.de; |
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WOS:000322582000050 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1530 |
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de Gouvea, A.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Kobach, A. |
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Neutrino masses, grand unification, and baryon number violation |
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2014 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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90 |
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1 |
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016011 - 11pp |
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If grand unification is real, searches for baryon-number violation should be included on the list of observables that may reveal information regarding the origin of neutrino masses. Making use of an effective-operator approach and assuming that nature is SU(5) invariant at very short distances, we estimate the consequences of different scenarios that lead to light Majorana neutrinos for low-energy phenomena that violate baryon number minus lepton number (B – L) by two (or more) units, including neutron-antineutron oscillations and B – L violating nucleon decays. We find that, among all possible effective theories of lepton-number violation that lead to nonzero neutrino masses, only a subset is, broadly speaking, consistent with grand unification. |
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[de Gouvea, Andre; Herrero-Garcia, Juan; Kobach, Andrew] Northwestern Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Evanston, IL 60208 USA |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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1550-7998 |
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WOS:000339482900016 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1860 |
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