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Giarnetti, A.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Marciano, S.; Meloni, D.; Vatsyayan, D. |

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Neutrino masses from new seesaw models: low-scale variants and phenomenological implications |
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2024 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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803 - 19pp |
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With just the Standard Model Higgs doublet, there are only three types of seesaw models that generate light Majorana neutrino masses at tree level after electroweak spontaneous symmetry breaking. However, if there exist additional TeV scalars acquiring vacuum expectation values, coupled with heavier fermionic multiplets, several new seesaw models become possible. These new seesaws are the primary focus of this study and correspond to the tree-level ultraviolet completions of the effective operators studied in a companion publication. We are interested in the genuine cases, in which the standard seesaw contributions are absent. In addition to the tree-level generation of neutrino masses, we also consider the one-loop contributions. Furthermore, we construct low-energy versions that exhibit a very rich phenomenology. Specifically, we scrutinise the generation of dimension-6 operators and explore their implications, including non-unitarity of the leptonic mixing matrix, non-universal Z-boson interactions, and lepton flavor violation. Finally, we provide (Generalised) Scotogenic-like variants that incorporate viable dark matter candidates. |
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[Giarnetti, Alessio; Marciano, Simone; Meloni, Davide] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, Via Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Rome, Italy, Email: simone.marciano@uniroma3.it |
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Giarnetti, A.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Marciano, S.; Meloni, D.; Vatsyayan, D. |

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Neutrino masses from new Weinberg-like operators: phenomenology of TeV scalar multiplets |
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2024 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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05 |
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5 |
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055 - 37pp |
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Baryon/Lepton Number Violation; Multi-Higgs Models |
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The unique dimension-5 effective operator, LLHH, known as the Weinberg operator, generates tiny Majorana masses for neutrinos after electroweak spontaneous symmetry breaking. If there are new scalar multiplets that take vacuum expectation values (VEVs), they should not be far from the electroweak scale. Consequently, they may generate new dimension-5 Weinberg-like operators which in turn also contribute to Majorana neutrino masses. In this study, we consider scenarios with one or two new scalars up to quintuplet SU(2) representations. We analyse the scalar potentials, studying whether the new VEVs can be induced and therefore are naturally suppressed, as well as the potential existence of pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons. Additionally, we also obtain general limits on the new scalar multiplets from direct searches at colliders, loop corrections to electroweak precision tests and the W-boson mass. |
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[Giarnetti, Alessio; Marciano, Simone; Meloni, Davide] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, Via Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Rome, Italy, Email: alessio.giarnetti@uniroma3.it; |
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WOS:001255993100006 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Giarnetti, A.; Marciano, S.; Meloni, D.; Rettaroli, M. |

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A roadmap for neutrino charge assignments in U(2)F flavor models: implications for LFV processes and leptonic anomalous magnetic moments |
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2026 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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02 |
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209 - 38pp |
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Flavour Symmetries; Neutrino Mixing; Theories of Flavour; Lepton Flavour Violation (charged) |
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We build upon a simple U(2)F model of flavor, in which all fermion masses and mixing hierarchies arise from powers of two small parameters controlling U(2)F breaking. In the original formulation, an isomorphism to the discrete D6 & times; U(1)F symmetry was invoked to generate a Majorana neutrino mass term. Here, we retain the successful features of that model for the charged leptons and quarks, while exploring alternative neutrino charge assignments within the U(2)F framework. This approach allows us to generate Majorana neutrino masses via the see-saw mechanism without introducing any additional symmetries nor invoking any isomorphism. We further examine the implications of our models for Lepton Flavor Violating (LFV) decays, analyzing the processes μ-> e gamma, tau -> μgamma and tau -> e gamma and their connection with the leptonic anomalous magnetic moments. We show that within the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) approach the current limits on the branching ratios of μ-> e gamma LFV decays obtained in our U(2)F models are not compatible with the central value of the recent measurement of the (g – 2)mu, thereby suggesting that either (g – 2)mu must be very close to the Standard Model predictions, as the latest experimental and theoretical results seem to suggest, or the invoked flavor symmetry is not appropriate to describe an anomalous muon magnetic moment. |
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[Giarnetti, Alessio; Marciano, Simone; Meloni, Davide; Rettaroli, Mirko] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, Via Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Rome, Italy, Email: alessio.giarnetti@uniroma3.it; |
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