Sterile neutrinos and B – L symmetry

Fileviez Pérez, Pavel; Murgui, Clara

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.12.041

Title: Sterile neutrinos and $B - L$ symmetry

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physics Letters. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.12.041· OSTI ID:1437804

; Murgui, Clara

We revisit the relation between the neutrino masses and the spontaneous breaking of the B-L gauge symmetry. We discuss the main scenarios for Dirac and Majorana neutrinos and point out two simple mechanisms for neutrino masses. In this context the neutrino masses can be generated either at tree level or at quantum level and one predicts the existence of very light sterile neutrinos with masses below the eV scale. The predictions for lepton number violating processes such as μ → e and μ → eγ are discussed in detail. The impact from the cosmological constraints on the effective number of relativistic degree of freedom is investigated.

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Research Organization:: Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018005

OSTI ID:: 1437804

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Journal Information:: Physics Letters. B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Vol. 777 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693

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Language:: English

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