A Minimal Dark $SU(2)$ Origin of a Massless Dirac Neutrino

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Hauptverfasser: Dev, P. S. Bhupal, Gehrlein, Julia, Sengupta, Amartya, Soni, Amarjit
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author Dev, P. S. Bhupal
Gehrlein, Julia
Sengupta, Amartya
Soni, Amarjit
author_facet Dev, P. S. Bhupal
Gehrlein, Julia
Sengupta, Amartya
Soni, Amarjit
contents We propose a gauge-symmetry origin of a rank-two Dirac neutrino mass matrix that enforces one exactly massless neutrino, while being consistent with the oscillation data, as well as cosmological constraints. The mechanism relies on a minimal dark $SU(2)_D$ gauge symmetry under which one right-handed-neutrino-like Weyl fermion is charged, thereby forbidding its Standard Model Yukawa coupling. Quantum consistency then fixes the minimal dark-sector completion: Cancellation of the Witten anomaly requires a second fermionic $SU(2)_D$ doublet, while a discrete $Z_4$ symmetry that forbids Majorana masses allows the two dark doublets to form a vectorlike pair. This anomaly-free completion gives rise to a secluded, confining dark sector with a viable dark matter candidate, linking the protected neutrino texture to dark infrared dynamics.
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spellingShingle A Minimal Dark $SU(2)$ Origin of a Massless Dirac Neutrino
Dev, P. S. Bhupal
Gehrlein, Julia
Sengupta, Amartya
Soni, Amarjit
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We propose a gauge-symmetry origin of a rank-two Dirac neutrino mass matrix that enforces one exactly massless neutrino, while being consistent with the oscillation data, as well as cosmological constraints. The mechanism relies on a minimal dark $SU(2)_D$ gauge symmetry under which one right-handed-neutrino-like Weyl fermion is charged, thereby forbidding its Standard Model Yukawa coupling. Quantum consistency then fixes the minimal dark-sector completion: Cancellation of the Witten anomaly requires a second fermionic $SU(2)_D$ doublet, while a discrete $Z_4$ symmetry that forbids Majorana masses allows the two dark doublets to form a vectorlike pair. This anomaly-free completion gives rise to a secluded, confining dark sector with a viable dark matter candidate, linking the protected neutrino texture to dark infrared dynamics.
title A Minimal Dark $SU(2)$ Origin of a Massless Dirac Neutrino
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28923