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Main Authors: Gambini, Guillermo, de Holanda, Pedro C., Carneiro, Saulo
Format: Preprint
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.12353
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author Gambini, Guillermo
de Holanda, Pedro C.
Carneiro, Saulo
author_facet Gambini, Guillermo
de Holanda, Pedro C.
Carneiro, Saulo
contents Popular extensions of the standard model of particle physics feature new fields and symmetries which could, for example, dynamically generate neutrino masses from $B-L$ spontaneous symmetry breaking. If a new light scalar that decays into dark radiation appears in the spectrum of the theory, it could significantly modify the cosmological observables. In this case, cold dark matter could have a stable and a decaying component and limits on its decay rate $Γ_{\rm dcdm}$ can be used to put constraints on the new energy scales of a given model. We illustrate this idea using a gauged $B-L$ model where the dark radiation is in the form of light neutrinos.
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spellingShingle Constraints on energy scales from dark matter decay in a gauged $B-L$ model
Gambini, Guillermo
de Holanda, Pedro C.
Carneiro, Saulo
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Popular extensions of the standard model of particle physics feature new fields and symmetries which could, for example, dynamically generate neutrino masses from $B-L$ spontaneous symmetry breaking. If a new light scalar that decays into dark radiation appears in the spectrum of the theory, it could significantly modify the cosmological observables. In this case, cold dark matter could have a stable and a decaying component and limits on its decay rate $Γ_{\rm dcdm}$ can be used to put constraints on the new energy scales of a given model. We illustrate this idea using a gauged $B-L$ model where the dark radiation is in the form of light neutrinos.
title Constraints on energy scales from dark matter decay in a gauged $B-L$ model
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.12353