Type-3/2 Seesaw Mechanism

Abstract

Type-I seesaw provides a natural explanation for the tiny neutrino masses. The right-handed neutrino masses it requires are, however, too large to keep the Higgs boson mass at its measured value. Here we show that vector-spinors, singlet leptons like the right-handed neutrinos, generate the tiny neutrino masses naturally by the exchange of its spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 components. This one-step seesaw mechanism, which we call Type-3/2 seesaw, keeps the Higgs boson mass unchanged at one loop, and gives cause therefore to no fine-tuning problem. If the on-shell vector-spinor is a pure spin-3/2 particle then it becomes a potential candidate for hidden dark matter diluting due only to the expansion of the Universe. The Type-3/2 seesaw provides a natural framework for the neutrino, Higgs boson and dark matter sectors, with overall agreement with current experiments and observations.

arXiv commentv3: 5 pages, 4 figs, 1 table; emphasized vector-spinor, no change in the results and conclusion

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