Common Origin of Neutrino Mass, Dark Matter and Dirac Leptogenesis

TL;DR

This paper proposes a minimal scotogenic model that links neutrino mass generation, dark matter stability, and Dirac leptogenesis, constrained by current experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a novel minimal framework where Dirac neutrino masses, dark matter, and baryon asymmetry originate from a common mechanism without lepton number violation.

Findings

Consistent parameter space with neutrino mass and baryon asymmetry

Dark matter relic abundance matches Planck and LUX bounds

Predictions for charged lepton flavor violation and electron EDM

Abstract

We study the possibility of generating tiny Dirac neutrino masses at one loop level through the \textit{scotogenic} mechanism such that one of the particles going inside the loop can be a stable cold dark matter (DM) candidate. Majorana mass terms of singlet fermions as well as tree level Dirac neutrino masses are prevented by incorporating the presence of additional discrete symmetries in a minimal fashion, which also guarantee the stability of the dark matter candidate. Due to the absence of total lepton number violation, the observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe is generated through the mechanism of Dirac leptogenesis where an equal and opposite amount of leptonic asymmetry is generated in the left and right handed sectors which are prevented from equilibration due to tiny Dirac Yukawa couplings. Dark matter relic abundance is generated through its usual freeze-out at a temperature much below the scale of leptogenesis. We constrain the relevant parameter space from neutrino mass, baryon asymmetry, Planck bound on dark matter relic abundance, and latest LUX bound on spin independent DM-nucleon scattering cross section. We also discuss the charged lepton flavour violation $(\mu \rightarrow e \gamma)$ and electric dipole moment of electron in this model in the light of the latest experimental data and constrain the parameter space of the model.