PT Journal
AU Centelles Chulia, S
   Ma, E
   Srivastava, R
   Valle, JWF
TI Dirac neutrinos and dark matter stability from lepton quarticity
SO Physics Letters B
JI Phys. Lett. B
PY 2017
BP 209
EP 213
VL 767
DI 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.01.070
LA English
AB We propose to relate dark matter stability to the possible Dirac nature of neutrinos. The idea is illustrated in a simple scheme where small Dirac neutrino masses arise from a type-I seesaw mechanism as a result of a Z(4) discrete lepton number symmetry. The latter implies the existence of a viable WIMP dark matter candidate, whose stability arises from the same symmetry which ensures the Diracness of neutrinos.
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