Loop-generated neutrino masses in composite Higgs models

• Main Authors: Giacomo Cacciapaglia, Martin Rosenlyst
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2021-09-01
• Series: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Subjects: Beyond Standard Model; Higgs Physics; Neutrino Physics; Technicolor and Composite Models
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2021)167

Abstract We present a composite scotogenic model for neutrino masses, which are generated via loops of ℤ2-odd composite scalars. We consider three different approaches to the couplings of the neutrinos (including three right-handed singlets) and the composite sector: ETC-like four-fermion interactions, fundamental partial compositeness and fermion partial compositeness. In all cases, the model can feature sizeable couplings and remain viable with respect to various experimental constraints if the three ℤ2-odd right-handed neutrinos have masses between the TeV and the Planck scales. Additionally, the lightest ℤ2-odd composite scalar may play the role of Dark Matter, either via thermal freeze-out or as an asymmetric relic. This mechanism can be featured in a variety of models based on vacuum misalignment. For concreteness, we demonstrate it in a composite two-Higgs scheme based on the coset SU(6)/Sp(6).