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Quark Condensate Seesaw Mechanism for Neutrino Mass

NázevTitle
Quark Condensate Seesaw Mechanism for Neutrino MassQuark Condensate Seesaw Mechanism for Neutrino Mass
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
A. Babič, S. Kovalenko, M.I. Krivoruchenko, F. Šimkovic
DOIDOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.015007
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Physical Review D. 2021, 103(1), 015007-1-015007-11. ISSN 1550-2368.
RokYear
2021
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000605120700007
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-85099286587
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21340/21:00346837!RIV22-MSM-21340___
ProjektProject
Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.

AbstraktAbstract

We study a mechanism of generation of Majorana neutrino mass due to spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry (SBCS) accompanied by the formation of a quark condensate. The effect of the condensate is transmitted to the neutrino sector via lepton-number violating (LNV) lepton-quark dimension-7 operators known in the literature as an origin of the neutrino-mass-independent mechanism of neutrinoless double-beta (0nbb) decay. The smallness of neutrino masses is due to a large ratio between the LNV scale and the scale of the SBCS. This is a new realization of the seesaw mechanism, which we dub the quark condensate seesaw (QCSS). We examine the predictions of the QCSS for 0nbb-decay and neutrino mass spectrum. We will show that our model predicts the normal neutrino mass ordering and narrow ranges of the neutrino masses.

We study a mechanism of generation of Majorana neutrino mass due to spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry (SBCS) accompanied by the formation of a quark condensate. The effect of the condensate is transmitted to the neutrino sector via lepton-number violating (LNV) lepton-quark dimension-7 operators known in the literature as an origin of the neutrino-mass-independent mechanism of neutrinoless double-beta (0nbb) decay. The smallness of neutrino masses is due to a large ratio between the LNV scale and the scale of the SBCS. This is a new realization of the seesaw mechanism, which we dub the quark condensate seesaw (QCSS). We examine the predictions of the QCSS for 0nbb-decay and neutrino mass spectrum. We will show that our model predicts the normal neutrino mass ordering and narrow ranges of the neutrino masses.