Synergy Between Hubble Tension Motivated Self-Interacting Neutrino and KeV-Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter

TL;DR

This paper explores a unified scenario where strong neutrino self-interactions address the Hubble tension and facilitate KeV-sterile neutrino dark matter production, embedded within a supersymmetric framework.

Contribution

It demonstrates a parameter space compatible with Hubble tension solutions and sterile neutrino dark matter, embedded in a supersymmetric model with TeV-scale SUSY breaking.

Findings

Large parameter space consistent with Hubble tension and dark matter constraints.

Sterile neutrino properties naturally obtained from supersymmetry breaking scale.

Scenario free from X-ray constraints and testable via supersymmetry signatures.

Abstract

The discrepancy between the value of Hubble constant measured by CMB observations and local low-redshift based observations has proposed many solutions which require the existence of Physics beyond Standard Model (SM). One of the interesting solutions is based on considering the strong self-interaction between Standard Model (SM) neutrinos through an additional scalar/vector mediator. Interestingly, the strong self-interaction between SM neutrinos also play an important role in obtaining KeV-sterile neutrino as a viable Dark Matter (DM) candidate through the famous Dodelson-Widrow mechanism. In this work, we have tried to find the synergy between the parameter space of active-sterile neutrino mixing vs mass of sterile neutrino allowed by Hubble tension solution and the requirement of getting KeV-sterile neutrino as DM candidate. Interestingly, we get a large amount of parameter space that is consistent with both the requirements and also free from X-Ray constraints. Finally, we have embedded this scenario in a consistent supersymmetric model of particle physics. In this framework, we have shown that the value of sterile neutrino mass, SM neutrino mass and the required mixing angle can be naturally obtained by considering the supersymmetry breaking scale to be around O(10) TeV. Thus, it would give an interesting testing ground for supersymmetry as well as signatures of Warm Dark Matter (WDM).