Lepton-number-charged scalars and neutrino beamstrahlung

Berryman, Jeffrey M.; de Gouvêa, André; Kelly, Kevin J.; Zhang, Yue

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.075030

Title: Lepton-number-charged scalars and neutrino beamstrahlung

Journal Article · Mon Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.075030· OSTI ID:1434229

Berryman, Jeffrey M.; de Gouvêa, André; Kelly, Kevin J.; Zhang, Yue

Experimentally, baryon number minus lepton number, $B-L$, appears to be a good global symmetry of nature. We explore the consequences of the existence of gauge-singlet scalar fields charged under $B-L$ $$-$$dubbed lepton-number-charged scalars, LeNCS $$-$$and postulate that these couple to the standard model degrees of freedom in such a way that $B-L$ is conserved even at the non-renormalizable level. In this framework, neutrinos are Dirac fermions. Including only the lowest mass-dimension effective operators, some of the LeNCS couple predominantly to neutrinos and may be produced in terrestrial neutrino experiments. We examine several existing constraints from particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology to the existence of a LeNCS carrying $B-L$ charge equal to two, and discuss the emission of LeNCS's via "neutrino beamstrahlung," which occurs every once in a while when neutrinos scatter off of ordinary matter. In conclusion, we identify regions of the parameter space where existing and future neutrino experiments, including the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, are at the frontier of searches for such new phenomena.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018327; SC0010143; AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1434229

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1434941

Report Number(s):: NUHEP-TH-18-03; FERMILAB-PUB-18-020-T; arXiv:1802.00009; PRVDAQ; 075030

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 97 Journal Issue: 7; ISSN 2470-0010

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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