Prospects for the Zee-Babu model at the CERN LHC and low energy experiments
- 1. Departament de Fisica Teorica, Universitat de Valencia and IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia) (Spain)
- 2. Centro de Fisica Teorica de Particulas (CFTP), Instituto Superior Tecnico, P-1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Fisica 'Edoardo Amaldi', Universita degli Studi Roma Tre, I-00146, Roma (Italy)
Description
We analyze the viability of the Zee-Babu model as an explanation of observed neutrino masses and mixings and the possibility that the model is confirmed or discarded in experiments planned for the very close future. The allowed parameter space is studied analytically by using some approximations and partial data. Then, a complete scanning of all parameters and constraints is performed numerically by using Monte Carlo methods. The cleanest signal of the model will be the detection of the doubly charged scalar at the LHC and its correlation with measurements of the branching ratio of μ→eγ at the MEG experiment. In addition, the model offers interesting predictions for τ-→μ+μ-μ- experiments, lepton-hadron universality tests, the θ13 mixing in neutrino oscillations and the ee parameter of neutrinoless double beta decay.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.093013;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0711.0483v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- p. 093013-093013.23
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41001434
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- APPROXIMATIONS; BRANCHING RATIO; CERN LHC; CORRELATIONS; DETECTION; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; FORECASTING; HADRONS; MASS; MIXING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUONS MINUS; MUONS PLUS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINOS; RADIATIVE DECAY; SIMULATION; SPACE; TAU PARTICLES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; CALCULATION METHODS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DECAY; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATTER; MUONS; NUCLEAR DECAY; PARTICLE DECAY; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2008 The American Physical Society