Neutrino masses and the scalar sector of a B-L extension of the standard model

TL;DR

This paper explores a B-L extended Standard Model with right-handed neutrinos, analyzing its scalar and neutrino sectors to explain neutrino masses, mixing, and potential dark matter candidates.

Contribution

It introduces a novel B-L extension allowing different energy scale VEVs for scalar fields, accommodating observed neutrino properties and dark matter candidates.

Findings

Model explains solar and atmospheric neutrino mass scales.

Achieves tribimaximal neutrino mixing matrix.

Identifies dark matter candidates with Z_2 symmetry.

Abstract

We consider an electroweak model based on the gauge symmetry SU(2)_L X U(1)_Y' X U(1)_B-L which has right-handed neutrinos with different exotic B-L quantum numbers. Because of this particular feature we are able to write Yukawa terms, and right-handed neutrino mass terms, with scalar fields that can develop vacuum expectation values belonging to different energy scales. We make a detailed study of the scalar and the Yukawa neutrino sectors to show that this model is compatible with the observed solar and atmospheric neutrino mass scales and the tribimaximal mixing matrix.We also show that there are dark matter candidates if a Z_2 symmetry is included.