141 research outputs found
Standard Coupling Unification in SO(10), Hybrid Seesaw Neutrino Mass and Leptogenesis, Dark Matter, and Proton Lifetime Predictions
We discuss gauge coupling unification of the SM descending directly from
SO(10) while providing solutions to the three outstanding problems: neutrino
masses, dark matter, and the baryon asymmetry of the universe. Conservation of
matter parity as gauged discrete symmetry in the model calls for high-scale
spontaneous symmetry breaking through Higgs representation. This
naturally leads to the hybrid seesaw formula for neutrino masses mediated by
heavy scalar triplet and right-handed neutrinos. The seesaw formula predicts
two distinct patterns of RH masses, one hierarchical and another not so
hierarchical (or compact) when fitted with the neutrino oscillation data.
Predictions of the baryon asymmetry via leptogenesis are investigated through
the decays of both the patterns of RH masses. A complete flavor analysis
has been carried out to compute CP-asymmetries and solutions to Boltzmann
equations have been utilized to predict the baryon asymmetry. The additional
contribution to vertex correction mediated by the heavy left-handed triplet
scalar is noted to contribute as dominantly as other Feynman diagrams. We have
found successful predictions of the baryon asymmetry for both the patterns of
RH masses. The triplet fermionic dark matter at the TeV scale carrying
even matter parity is naturally embedded into the non-standard fermionic
representation of SO(10). In addition to the triplet scalar and the
triplet fermion, the model needs a nonstandard color octet fermion of mass
GeV to achieve precision gauge coupling unification. Threshold
corrections due to superheavy components of and other representations
are estimated and found to be substantial. It is noted that the proton life
time predicted by the model is accessible to the ongoing and planned
experiments over a wide range of parameter space.Comment: 58 pages PDFLATEX, 19 Figures, Revised as suggested by JHEP Revie
Proton decay and new contribution to neutrino-less double beta decay in SO(10) with low-mass Z-prime boson, observable n-nbar oscillation, lepton flavor violation, and rare kaon decay
Conventionally for observable oscillation through Pati-Salam
intermediate gauge symmetry in , the canonical seesaw mechanism is also
constrained by GeV which yields light neutrino masses
much larger than the neutrino oscillation data. Recently, this difficulty has
been evaded via inverse seesaw mechanism, but with proton lifetime far beyond
the experimentally accessible limits. In the present work, adopting the view
that we may have only a TeV scale gauge boson, we show how a class
of non-SUSY models allow experimentally verifiable proton lifetime and
the new contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay in the
channel, lepton flavor violating branching ratios, observable
oscillation, and lepto-quark gauge boson mediated rare kaon decays. The
occurrence of Pati-Salam gauge symmetry with unbroken D-parity and two gauge
couplings at the highest intermediate scale guarantees precision unification in
such models. This symmetry also ensures vanishing GUT threshold uncertainy on
or on the highest intermediate scale. Although the proton
lifetime prediction is brought closer to the ongoing search limits with GUT
threshold effects in the minimal model, no such effects are needed in a
non-minimal model. We derive a new analytic expression for the
decay half-life and show how the existing experimental limits impose the lower
bound on the lightest of the three heavy sterile neutrino masses, GeV. We also derive a new lower bound on the lepto-quark gauge boson
mass mediating rare kaon decay,
GeV. The mixing times are predicted in the range sec.Comment: 36 pages Latex, 9 figures and 5 table
Confusing Sterile Neutrinos with Deviation from Tribimaximal Mixing at Neutrino Telescopes
We expound the impact of extra sterile species on the ultra high energy
neutrino fluxes in neutrino telescopes. We use three types of well-known flux
ratios and compare the values of these flux ratios in presence of sterile
neutrinos, with those predicted by deviation from the tribimaximal mixing
scheme. We show that in the upcoming neutrino telescopes, its easy to confuse
between the signature of sterile neutrinos with that of the deviation from
tribimaximal mixing. We also show that if the measured flux ratios acquire a
value well outside the range predicted by the standard scenario with three
active neutrinos only, it might be possible to tell the presence of extra
sterile neutrinos by observing ultra high energy neutrinos in future neutrino
telescopes.Comment: 22 pages, version to appear in Phys. Rev.
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