Shedding light on neutrino masses with dark forces
Abstract
Heavy right-handed neutrinos, N , provide the simplest explanation for the origin of light neutrino masses and mixings. If MN is at or below the weak scale, direct experimental discovery of these states is possible at accelerator experiments such as the LHC or new dedicated beam dump experiments; in these experiments, N decays after traversing a macroscopic distance from the collision point. The experimental sensitivity to right-handed neutrinos is significantly enhanced if there is a new “dark” gauge force connecting them to the Standard Model (SM), and detection of N can be the primary discovery mode for the new dark force itself. We take the well-motivated example of a B – L gauge symmetry and analyze the sensitivity to displaced decays of N produced via the new gauge interaction in two experiments: the LHC and the proposed SHiP beam dump experiment. In the most favorable case in which the mediator can be produced on-shell and decays to right handed neutrinos (pp → X + VB–L → X + N N ), the sensitivity reach is controlled by the square of the B – L gauge coupling. Here, we demonstrate that these experiments could access neutrino parameters responsible for the observedmore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada); Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC (Canada)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1325937
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2016; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Beyond Standard Model; neutrino physics
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Batell, Brian, Pospelov, Maxim, and Shuve, Brian. Shedding light on neutrino masses with dark forces. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP08(2016)052.
Batell, Brian, Pospelov, Maxim, & Shuve, Brian. Shedding light on neutrino masses with dark forces. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2016)052
Batell, Brian, Pospelov, Maxim, and Shuve, Brian. Mon .
"Shedding light on neutrino masses with dark forces". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2016)052. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1325937.
@article{osti_1325937,
title = {Shedding light on neutrino masses with dark forces},
author = {Batell, Brian and Pospelov, Maxim and Shuve, Brian},
abstractNote = {Heavy right-handed neutrinos, N , provide the simplest explanation for the origin of light neutrino masses and mixings. If MN is at or below the weak scale, direct experimental discovery of these states is possible at accelerator experiments such as the LHC or new dedicated beam dump experiments; in these experiments, N decays after traversing a macroscopic distance from the collision point. The experimental sensitivity to right-handed neutrinos is significantly enhanced if there is a new “dark” gauge force connecting them to the Standard Model (SM), and detection of N can be the primary discovery mode for the new dark force itself. We take the well-motivated example of a B – L gauge symmetry and analyze the sensitivity to displaced decays of N produced via the new gauge interaction in two experiments: the LHC and the proposed SHiP beam dump experiment. In the most favorable case in which the mediator can be produced on-shell and decays to right handed neutrinos (pp → X + VB–L → X + N N ), the sensitivity reach is controlled by the square of the B – L gauge coupling. Here, we demonstrate that these experiments could access neutrino parameters responsible for the observed SM neutrino masses and mixings in the most straightforward implementation of the see-saw mechanism.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP08(2016)052},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 8,
volume = 2016,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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