Radiative neutrino masses with forbidden seesaw mechanism in an abelian extension of the Standard Model

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel abelian extension of the Standard Model where neutrino masses are generated entirely through radiative corrections, especially in cases where the traditional seesaw mechanism is not invertible.

Contribution

It introduces a nonuniversal U(1)_X extension where neutrino masses arise solely from one-loop radiative processes involving heavy right-handed neutrinos.

Findings

Neutrinos acquire masses via radiative corrections in the model.

One right-handed neutrino also gains mass through radiative processes.

The model explores different hierarchy scenarios among parameters.

Abstract

The seesaw mechanism is the preferred methodology to obtain light neutrino masses by the introduction of a Majorana mass matrix. Moreover, radiative corrections can be done in order to improve the predictions of the model. However, when such a Majorana mass has no inverse, radiative corrections turn out as the only mechanism to get massive neutrinos. In this letter, it is shown a nonuniversal abelian extension $\mathrm{U(1)}_{X}$ of the Standard Model in which neutrinos acquire masses completely by radiative corrections through one-loop self-energies involving heavier right-handed neutrinos. Moreover, one right-handed neutrino also gets mass through radiative corrections involving Majorana fermions. Finally, some limit cases are drafted depending on the hierarchy among vacuum expectation values and Majorana masses.