Escudero, Miguel, Rius, Nuria and Sanz, Verónica (2017) Sterile neutrino portal to Dark Matter I: the U(1) B−L case. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 (2). a45. ISSN 1126-6708
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Abstract
In this paper we explore the possibility that the sterile neutrino and Dark Matter sectors in the Universe have a common origin. We study the consequences of this assumption in the simple case of coupling the dark sector to the Standard Model via a global U(1)B−L, broken down spontaneously by a dark scalar. This dark scalar provides masses to the dark fermions and communicates with the Higgs via a Higgs portal coupling. We find an interesting interplay between Dark Matter annihilation to dark scalars — the CP-even that mixes with the Higgs and the CP-odd which becomes a Goldstone boson, the Majoron — and heavy neutrinos, as well as collider probes via the coupling to the Higgs. Moreover, Dark Matter annihilation into sterile neutrinos and its subsequent decay to gauge bosons and quarks, charged leptons or neutrinos lead to indirect detection signatures which are close to current bounds on the gamma ray flux from the galactic center and dwarf galaxies.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
Research Centres and Groups: | Theoretical Particle Physics Research Group |
Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
Depositing User: | Billy Wichaidit |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2017 11:05 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2017 11:13 |
URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/69491 |
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