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Cai, Y.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Schmidt, M.A.; Vicente, A.; Volkas, R.R. |
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From the Trees to the Forest: A Review of Radiative Neutrino Mass Models |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Frontiers in Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Front. Physics |
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5 |
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63 - 56pp |
| Keywords |
neutrino masses; lepton flavor violation; lepton number violation; beyond the standard model; effective field theory; model building; LHC; dark matter |
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A plausible explanation for the lightness of neutrino masses is that neutrinos are massless at tree level, with their mass (typically Majorana) being generated radiatively at one or more loops. The new couplings, together with the suppression coming from the loop factors, imply that the new degrees of freedom cannot be too heavy (they are typically at the TeV scale). Therefore, in these models there are no large mass hierarchies and they can be tested using different searches, making their detailed phenomenological study very appealing. In particular, the new particles can be searched for at colliders and generically induce signals in lepton-flavor and lepton-number violating processes (in the case of Majorana neutrinos), which are not independent from reproducing correctly the neutrino masses and mixings. The main focus of the review is on Majorana neutrinos. We order the allowed theory space from three different perspectives: (i) using an effective operator approach to lepton number violation, (ii) by the number of loops at which the Weinberg operator is generated, (iii) within a given loop order, by the possible irreducible topologies. We also discuss in more detail some popular radiative models which involve qualitatively different features, revisiting their most important phenomenological implications. Finally, we list some promising avenues to pursue. |
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[Cai, Yi] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Phys, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China, Email: juan.herrero-garcia@coepp.org.au; |
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Frontiers Research Foundation |
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2296-424x |
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WOS:000416908800001 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3393 |
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Escrihuela, F.J.; Forero, D.V.; Miranda, O.G.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F. |
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Probing CP violation with non-unitary mixing in long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments: DUNE as a case study |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2017 |
Publication |
New Journal of Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
New J. Phys. |
| Volume |
19 |
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093005 - 14pp |
| Keywords |
neutrino masses and mixings; neutrino oscillations; neutrino interactions |
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When neutrino masses arise from the exchange of neutral heavy leptons, as in most seesaw schemes, the effective lepton mixing matrix N describing neutrino propagation is non-unitary, hence neutrinos are not exactly orthonormal. New CP violation phases appear in N that could be confused with the standard phase delta(CP) characterizing the three neutrino paradigm. We study the potential of the long-baseline neutrino experiment DUNE in probing CP violation induced by the standard CP phase in the presence of non-unitarity. In order to accomplish this we develop our previous formalism, so as to take into account the neutrino interactions with the medium, important in long baseline experiments such as DUNE. We find that the expected CP sensitivity of DUNE is somewhat degraded with respect to that characterizing the standard unitary case. However the effect is weaker than might have been expected thanks mainly to the wide neutrino beam. We also investigate the sensitivity of DUNE to the parameters characterizing non-unitarity. In this case we find that there is no improvement expected with respect to the current situation, unless the near detector setup is revamped. |
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[Escrihuela, F. J.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J. W. F.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, Parc Cient Paterna,C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: franesfe@alumni.uv.es; |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1367-2630 |
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WOS:000410457100001 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3292 |
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Bellomo, N.; Bellini, E.; Hu, B.; Jimenez, R.; Pena-Garay, C.; Verde, L. |
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Hiding neutrino mass in modified gravity cosmologies |
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Journal Article |
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2017 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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043 - 12pp |
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cosmological neutrinos; modified gravity; neutrino astronomy; neutrino masses from cosmology |
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Cosmological observables show a dependence with the neutrino mass, which is partially degenerate with parameters of extended models of gravity. We study and explore this degeneracy in Horndeski generalized scalar-tensor theories of gravity. Using forecasted cosmic microwave background and galaxy power spectrum datasets, we find that a single parameter in the linear regime of the effective theory dominates the correlation with the total neutrino mass. For any given mass, a particular value of this parameter approximately cancels the power suppression due to the neutrino mass at a given redshift. The extent of the cancellation of this degeneracy depends on the cosmological large-scale structure data used at different redshifts. We constrain the parameters and functions of the effective gravity theory and determine the influence of gravity on the determination of the neutrino mass from present and future surveys. |
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[Bellomo, Nicola; Bellini, Emilio; Hu, Bin; Jimenez, Raul; Verde, Licia] Univ Barcelona UB IEEC, ICC, Marti & Franques 1, Barcelona 08028, Spain, Email: nicola.bellomo@icc.ub.edu; |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000399455000043 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3078 |
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Bonilla, C.; Ma, E.; Peinado, E.; Valle, J.W.F. |
| Title |
Two-loop Dirac neutrino mass and WIMP dark matter |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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762 |
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214-218 |
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Neutrino masses and mixing; Dark matter stability |
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We propose a “scotogenic” mechanism relating small neutrino mass and cosmological dark matter. Neutrinos are Dirac fermions with masses arising only in two-loop order through the sector responsible for dark matter. Two triality symmetries ensure both dark matter stability and strict lepton number conservation at higher orders. A global spontaneously broken U(1) symmetry leads to a physical Diraconthat induces invisible Higgs decays which add up to the Higgs to dark matter mode. This enhances sensitivities to spin-independent WIMP dark matter search below m(h)/2. |
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[Bonillaa, Cesar; Valle, Jose W. F.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, Edificio Inst Paterna,C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, 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:000388473700029 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2979 |
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Addazi, A.; Valle, J.W.F.; Vaquera-Araujo, C.A. |
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String completion of an SU(3)(c) x SU(3)(L) x U(1)(X) electroweak model |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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759 |
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471-478 |
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Unification; Branes; String phenomenology; Neutrino mass; Neutron-antineutron oscillations |
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The extended electroweak SU(3)(c) circle times SU(3)(L) circle times U(1)(X) symmetry framework “explaining” the number of fermion families is revisited. While 331-based schemes can not easily be unified within the conventional field theory sense, we show how to do it within an approach based on D-branes and (un)oriented open strings, on Calabi-Yau singularities. We show how the theory can be UV-completed in a quiver setup, free of gauge and string anomalies. Lepton and baryon numbers are perturbatively conserved, so neutrinos are Dirac-type, and their lightness results from a novel TeV scale seesaw mechanism. Dynamical violation of baryon number by exotic instantons could induce neutron-antineutron oscillations, with proton decay and other dangerous R-parity violating processes strictly forbidden. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license. |
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[Addazi, Andrea] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Fis, I-67010 Coppito, AQ, Italy, Email: andrea.addazi@infn.lngs.it; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000380409200063 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2884 |
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