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See-saw neutrino masses induced by a triplet of leptons

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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Neutrinos can acquire mass through the see-saw mechanism by extending the lepton sector of the Standard Model. The most generalSU(2) L assignments allowed for the exotic leptons are the singlet and triplet representations. A model is constructed involving a triplet of exotic leptons. In this model lepton number is broken. Therefore lepton number violating processes, in particular those involving the lepton triplet, could provide distinctive experimental signatures.

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  1. Research Centre for High Energy Physics, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, 3052, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    R. Foot, H. Lew, X. -G. He & G. C. Joshi

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Foot, R., Lew, H., He, X.G. et al. See-saw neutrino masses induced by a triplet of leptons. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 44, 441–444 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01415558

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