Sterile neutrinos and symmetry
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1437804
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1499100
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018005
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physics Letters. B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Journal Volume: 777 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
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Fileviez Pérez, Pavel, and Murgui, Clara. Sterile neutrinos and B – L symmetry. Netherlands: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.12.041.
Fileviez Pérez, Pavel, & Murgui, Clara. Sterile neutrinos and B – L symmetry. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.12.041
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@article{osti_1437804,
title = {Sterile neutrinos and B – L symmetry},
author = {Fileviez Pérez, Pavel and Murgui, Clara},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2017.12.041},
journal = {Physics Letters. B},
number = C,
volume = 777,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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Fig. 1. : B–L Radiative Seesaw Mechanism in the unbroken phase.
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