Volume 476 - 42nd International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2024) - Beyond the Standard Model
Neutrino masses and $0\nu\beta\beta$ decays in leptoquark models
L. Leal*, S. Fajfer, O. Sumensari and R. Funchal
*: corresponding author
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Pre-published on: December 23, 2024
Published on: April 29, 2025
Abstract
In this study, we investigate minimal scalar leptoquark models that dynamically generate neutrino Majorana masses at the one-loop level and examine their implications for low-energy processes. We show that these models can produce viable neutrino masses, consistent with neutrino oscillation and cosmological data.
By using leptoquark couplings fixed by neutrino data, we predict additional contributions to neutrinoless double-beta decays ($0\nu\beta\beta$), which are chirality enhanced and compete with the standard contributions from the Majorana masses. Our analysis demonstrates that these effects are sizable for leptoquark masses as large as $\mathcal{O}(300~\mathrm{TeV})$, potentially increasing or decreasing the $0\nu\beta\beta$ half-life, and creating an ambiguity between the normal and inverted mass ordering scenarios. Furthermore, we explore the correlation between $0\nu\beta\beta$ and flavor observables, such as kaon decays and $\mu\to e$ conversion in nuclei, emphasizing that the latter is complementary to $0\nu\beta\beta$ decays.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.476.0281
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