TY  - JOUR
AU  - Helo, J. C.
AU  - Hirsch, M.
AU  - Ota, T.
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018//
TI  - Proton decay and light sterile neutrinos
T2  - J. High Energy Phys.
JO  - Journal of High Energy Physics
SP  - 047
EP  - 15pp
VL  - 06
IS  - 6
PB  - Springer
KW  - Beyond Standard Model
KW  - Neutrino Physics
AB  - Within the standard model, non-renormalizable operators at dimension six (d = 6) violate baryon and lepton number by one unit and thus lead to proton decay. Here, we point out that the proton decay mode with a charged pion and missing energy can be a characteristic signature of d = 6 operators containing a light sterile neutrino, if it is not accompanied by the standard pi(0)e(+) final state. We discuss this effect first at the level of effective operators and then provide a concrete model with new physics at the TeV scale, in which the lightness of the active neutrinos and the stability of the proton are related.
SN  - 1029-8479
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00035
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)047
DO  - 10.1007/JHEP06(2018)047
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000435023100004
ID  - Helo_etal2018
ER  -