scholarly journals Dark photon dark matter in the minimal B − L model

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gong jun Choi ◽  
Tsutomu T. Yanagida ◽  
Norimi Yokozaki
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gauge Boson ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Minimal Set ◽  
Complex Scalar ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Dark Photon ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Universe

Abstract The extension of the Standard model (SM) with three heavy right handed neutrinos, a complex scalar and the gauged U(1)B−L symmetry (the minimal B − L model) is considered the most compelling minimal one: the presence and the out-of-equilibrium decay of the heavy right handed neutrinos can account for the small masses of the active neutrinos and the baryon asymmetry of the universe. A natural accompanying question concerns whether the minimal B − L model can naturally accommodate an interesting dark matter (DM) candidate. We study the possibility where the current DM population is explained by the gauge boson of U(1)B−L symmetry. We discuss how the minimal set-up originally aimed at the seesaw mechanism and the leptogenesis is connected to conditions making the gauge boson promoted to a DM candidate.

scholarly journals THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF RIGHT HANDED NEUTRINOS

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (08) ◽  
pp. 1330019 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO DREWES
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
The Universe

Neutrinos are the only particles in the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics that have only been observed with left handed chirality to date. If right handed (RH) neutrinos exist, they could be responsible for several phenomena that have no explanation within the SM, including neutrino oscillations, the baryon asymmetry of the universe, dark matter (DM) and dark radiation (DR). After a pedagogical introduction, we review recent progress in the phenomenology of RH neutrinos. We in particular discuss the mass ranges suggested by hints for neutrino oscillation anomalies and DR (eV), sterile neutrino DM scenarios (keV) and experimentally testable theories of baryogenesis (GeV to TeV). We summarize constraints from theoretical considerations, laboratory experiments, astrophysics and cosmology for each of these.

scholarly journals Heavy right-handed neutrino dark matter in left–right models

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (15) ◽  
pp. 1740007 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Bhupal Dev ◽  
Rabindra N. Mohapatra ◽  
Yongchao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Mass Range ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Leptonic Sector ◽  
Active Neutrino ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Universe

We show that in a class of non-supersymmetric left–right extensions of the Standard Model (SM), the lightest right-handed neutrino (RHN) can play the role of thermal Dark Matter (DM) in the Universe for a wide mass range from TeV to PeV. Our model is based on the gauge group [Formula: see text] in which a heavy copy of the SM fermions is introduced and the stability of the RHN DM is guaranteed by an automatic [Formula: see text] symmetry present in the leptonic sector. In such models, the active neutrino masses are obtained via the type-II seesaw mechanism. We find a lower bound on the RHN DM mass of order TeV from relic density constraints, as well as a unitarity upper bound in the multi-TeV to PeV scale, depending on the entropy dilution factor. The RHN DM could be made long-lived by soft-breaking of the [Formula: see text] symmetry and provides a concrete example of decaying DM interpretation of the PeV neutrinos observed at IceCube.

scholarly journals Finding New Physics, Phenomenological, Experimental, and Astrophysical Predictions from Neutrino Mass

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chitta Ranjan Das ◽  
Katri Huitu ◽  
Zhanibek Kurmanaliyev ◽  
Bakytbek Mauyey ◽  
Timo Kärkkäinen
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cp Violation ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

The crucial phenomenological and experimental predictions for new physics are outlined, where the number of problems of the Standard Model (neutrino masses and oscillations, dark matter, baryon asymmetry of the Universe, leptonic CP-violation) could find their solutions. The analogies between the cosmological neutrino mass scale from the early universe data and laboratory probes are discussed and the search for new physics and phenomena.

scholarly journals SMART U(1)$$_X$$: standard model with axion, right handed neutrinos, two Higgs doublets and U(1)$$_X$$ gauge symmetry

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuchika Okada ◽  
Digesh Raut ◽  
Qaisar Shafi
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gauge Symmetry ◽  
Domain Wall ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Inflection Point ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Grand Unification ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

AbstractTo address five fundamental shortcomings of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and cosmology, we propose a phenomenologically viable framework based on a $$U(1)_X \times U(1)_{PQ}$$ U ( 1 ) X × U ( 1 ) PQ extension of the SM, that we call “SMART U(1)$$_X$$ X ”. The $$U(1)_X$$ U ( 1 ) X gauge symmetry is a well-known generalization of the $$U(1)_{B-L}$$ U ( 1 ) B - L symmetry and $$U(1)_{PQ}$$ U ( 1 ) PQ is the global Peccei–Quinn (PQ) symmetry. Three right handed neutrinos are added to cancel $$U(1)_X$$ U ( 1 ) X related anomalies, and they play a crucial role in understanding the observed neutrino oscillations and explaining the observed baryon asymmetry in the universe via leptogenesis. Implementation of PQ symmetry helps resolve the strong CP problem and also provides axion as a compelling dark matter (DM) candidate. The $$U(1)_X$$ U ( 1 ) X gauge symmetry enables us to implement the inflection-point inflation scenario with $$H_{inf} \lesssim 2 \times 10^{7}$$ H inf ≲ 2 × 10 7  GeV, where $$H_{inf}$$ H inf is the value of Hubble parameter during inflation. This is crucial to overcome a potential axion domain wall problem as well as the axion isocurvature problem. The SMART U(1)$$_X$$ X framework can be successfully implemented in the presence of SU(5) grand unification, as we briefly show.

scholarly journals Constraining dark photon properties with Asteroseismology

2019 ◽  
Vol 491 (1) ◽  
pp. 409-416
Author(s):  
Adrián Ayala ◽  
Ilidio Lopes ◽  
Antonio García Hernández ◽  
Juan Carlos Suárez ◽  
Íñigo Muñoz Elorza
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Solar Mass ◽  
Dark Photon ◽  
Mixing Parameter ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Red Giant ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Universe

ABSTRACT Dark photons are particles invoked in some extensions of the Standard Model that could account for at least part of the dark matter content of the Universe. It has been proposed that the production of dark photons in stellar interiors could happen at a rate that depends on both, the dark photon mass and its coupling to Standard Model particles (the kinetic mixing parameter χ). In this work, we aim at exploring the impact of dark photon productions in the stellar core of solar mass red giant branch (RGB) stars during late evolutionary phases. We demonstrate that near the so-called RGB bump, dark photons production may be an energy sink for the star sufficiently significative to modify the extension of the star convective zones. We show that Asteroseismology is able to detect such variations in the structure, allowing us to predict an upper limit of $\rm 900\ eV$ and 5 × 10−15 for the mass and kinetic mixing of the dark photons, respectively. We also demonstrate that additional constraints can be derived from the fact that dark photons increase the luminosity of the RGB tip over the current observational uncertainties. This work thus paves the way for an empirical approach to deepen the study of such dark matter particles.

scholarly journals Search for Hidden Particles in Intensity Frontier Experiment SHiP

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 689
Author(s):  
V. M. Gorkavenko
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Heavy Particles ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Universe

Despite the undeniable success of the Standard Model of particle physics (SM), there are some phenomena (neutrino oscillations, baryon asymmetry of the Universe, dark matter, etc.) that SM cannot explain. This phenomena indicate that the SM have to be modified. Most likely, there are new particles beyond the SM. There are many experiments to search for new physics that can be can divided into two types: energy and intensity frontiers. In experiments of the first type, one tries to directly produce and detect new heavy particles. In experiments of the second type, one tries to directly produce and detect new light particles that feebly interact with SM particles. The future intensity frontier SHiP experiment (Search for Hidden Particles) at the CERN SPS is discussed. Its advantages and technical characteristics are given.

scholarly journals Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to light dark matter

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Ahdida ◽  
◽  
A. Akmete ◽  
R. Albanese ◽  
A. Alexandrov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Mass Range ◽  
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽  
Neutrino Detector ◽  
Mass Window ◽  
Dark Photon ◽  
Experimental Campaign ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Abstract Dark matter is a well-established theoretical addition to the Standard Model supported by many observations in modern astrophysics and cosmology. In this context, the existence of weakly interacting massive particles represents an appealing solution to the observed thermal relic in the Universe. Indeed, a large experimental campaign is ongoing for the detection of such particles in the sub-GeV mass range. Adopting the benchmark scenario for light dark matter particles produced in the decay of a dark photon, with αD = 0.1 and mA′ = 3mχ, we study the potential of the SHiP experiment to detect such elusive particles through its Scattering and Neutrino detector (SND). In its 5-years run, corresponding to 2 · 1020 protons on target from the CERN SPS, we find that SHiP will improve the current limits in the mass range for the dark matter from about 1 MeV to 300 MeV. In particular, we show that SHiP will probe the thermal target for Majorana candidates in most of this mass window and even reach the Pseudo-Dirac thermal relic.

scholarly journals Neutrino mass, leptogenesis and sterile neutrino dark matter in inverse seesaw framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150146
Author(s):  
Nayana Gautam ◽  
Mrinal Kumar Das
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Inverted Hierarchy ◽  
Lepton Asymmetry ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Active Mixing ◽  
The Universe

We study [Formula: see text] flavor symmetric inverse seesaw model which has the possibility of simultaneously addressing neutrino phenomenology, dark matter (DM) and baryon asymmetry of the universe (BAU) through leptogenesis. The model is the extension of the standard model by the addition of two (RH) neutrinos and three sterile fermions leading to a keV scale sterile neutrino DM and two pairs of quasi-Dirac states. The CP violating decay of the lightest quasi-Dirac pair present in the model generates lepton asymmetry which then converts to BAU. Thus, this model can provide a simultaneous solution for nonzero neutrino mass, DM content of the universes and the observed baryon asymmetry. The [Formula: see text] flavor symmetry in this model is augmented by additional [Formula: see text] symmetry to constrain the Yukawa Lagrangian. A detailed numerical analysis has been carried out to obtain DM mass, DM-active mixing as well as BAU both for normal hierarchy as well as inverted hierarchy. We try to correlate the two cosmological observables and found a common parameter space satisfying the DM phenomenology and BAU. The parameter space of the model is further constrained from the latest cosmological bounds on the observables.

scholarly journals Kinetic mixing, dark photons and extra dimensions. Part III. Brane localized dark matter

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Rizzo ◽  
George N. Wojcik
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Model Building ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Model Complexity ◽  
Complex Scalar ◽  
Dark Photon ◽  
Complex Models ◽  
The Cost ◽  
D Model

Abstract Extra dimensions have proven to be a very useful tool in constructing new physics models. In earlier work, we began investigating toy models for the 5-D analog of the kinetic mixing/vector portal scenario where the interactions of dark matter, taken to be, e.g., a complex scalar, with the brane-localized fields of the Standard Model (SM) are mediated by a massive U(1)D dark photon living in the bulk. These models were shown to have many novel features differentiating them from their 4-D analogs and which, in several cases, avoided some well-known 4-D model building constraints. However, these gains were obtained at the cost of the introduction of a fair amount of model complexity, e.g., dark matter Kaluza-Klein excitations. In the present paper, we consider an alternative setup wherein the dark matter and the dark Higgs, responsible for U(1)D breaking, are both localized to the ‘dark’ brane at the opposite end of the 5-D interval from where the SM fields are located with only the dark photon now being a 5-D field. The phenomenology of such a setup is explored for both flat and warped extra dimensions and compared to the previous more complex models.

scholarly journals Astrophysical aspects of milli-charged dark matter in a Higgs–Stueckelberg model

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (18) ◽  
pp. 1550089 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. dos Santos ◽  
D. Hadjimichef
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Minimal Coupling ◽  
Astrophysical Application ◽  
Gauge Sector ◽  
Dark Photon ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Vector Bosons ◽  
The Impact

An extension of the Standard Model (SM) is studied, in which two new vector bosons are introduced, a first boson Z' coupled to the SM by the usual minimal coupling, producing an enlarged gauge sector in the SM. The second boson A' field, in the dark sector of the model, remains massless and originates a dark photon γ'. A hybrid mixing scenario is considered based on a combined Higgs and Stueckelberg mechanisms. In a Compton-like process, a photon scattered by a weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is converted into a dark photon. This process is studied, in an astrophysical application obtaining an estimate of the impact on stellar cooling of white dwarfs and neutron stars.

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