Soft L{sub e}−L{sub μ}−L{sub τ} flavour symmetry breaking and sterile neutrino keV Dark Matter
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 10 39 80, 69029 Heidelberg (Germany)
We discuss how a L{sub e}−L{sub μ}−L{sub τ} flavour symmetry that is softly broken leads to keV sterile neutrinos, which are a prime candidate for Warm Dark Matter. This is to our knowledge the first model where flavour symmetries are applied simultaneously to active and sterile neutrinos explaining at the same time active neutrino properties and this peculiar Dark Matter scenario. The essential point is that different scales of the symmetry breaking and the symmetry preserving entries in the mass matrix lead to one right-handed neutrino which is nearly massless compared to the other two. Furthermore, we naturally predict vanishing θ{sub 13} and maximal θ{sub 23}, while the correct value of θ{sub 12} must come from the mixing of the charged leptons. We can furthermore predict an exact mass spectrum for the light neutrinos, which will be testable in the very near future.
- OSTI ID:
- 22275280
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2011, Issue 01; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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