Neutrino Decay in the Doublet Majoron Model
arXiv:hep-ph/9405405 · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(94)90376-X
Abstract
A new Majoron model is presented within the framework of the seesaw mechanism. Its Higgs sector consists of only doublet representations and the lepton-number violation takes place at the same scale of the electroweak symmetry breaking. This model is different from the singlet- or triplet-Majoron model in several respects: it is free from the \(ρ\)-parameter constraint and it provides moderately fast neutrino decay, but the constraint from the stellar cooling of red giants is satisfied only with an imposed approximate symmetry. A \(τ\) neutrino as heavy as 10 MeV is possible in this model despite various cosmological and astrophysical constraints.
(A discussion on a constraint from nucleosynthesis is revised, related references are added, the figure is corrected accordingly.), 16 pages + 1 figure (figure is available upon request.), LaTeX, UCRHEP-T126