Published July 1, 2013 | Version v1
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From Dirac neutrino masses to baryonic and dark matter asymmetries

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We consider an SU(3)c′×SU(2)L′×U(1)Y′ dark sector, parallel to the SU(3)c×SU(2)L×U(1)Y ordinary sector. The hypercharges, baryon numbers and lepton numbers in the dark sector are opposite to those in the ordinary sector. We further introduce three types of messenger sectors: (i) two or more gauge-singlet Dirac fermions, (ii) two or more [SU(2)L×SU(2)L′]-bidoublet Higgs scalars, (iii) at least one gauge-singlet Dirac fermion and at least one [SU(2)L×SU(2)L′]-bidoublet Higgs scalar. The lepton number conserving decays of the heavy fermion singlet(s) and/or Higgs bidoublet(s) can simultaneously generate a lepton asymmetry in the [SU(2)L]-doublet leptons and an opposite lepton asymmetry in the [SU(2)L′]-doublet leptons to account for the cosmological baryon asymmetry and dark matter relic density, respectively. The lightest dark nucleon as the dark matter particle should have a mass about 5 GeV. By integrating out the heavy fermion singlet(s) and/or Higgs bidoublet(s), we can obtain three light Dirac neutrinos composed of the ordinary and dark neutrinos. If a mirror symmetry is further imposed, our models will not require more unknown parameters than the traditional type-I, type-II or type-I+II seesaw models

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2013.03.014

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DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2013.03.014;
arXiv
arXiv:1209.4579v2;
PII
S0550-3213(13)00160-0;

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Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
872
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 38-61
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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