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We implement a minimal linear seesaw model (LSM) for addressing the Quasi-Dirac (QD) behaviour of heavy neutrinos, focusing on the mass regime of MN ≲ MW. Here we show that for relatively low neutrino masses, covering the few GeV range, the same-sign to opposite-sign dilepton ratio, Rℓℓ, can be anywhere between 0 and 1, thus signaling a Quasi-Dirac regime. Particular values of Rℓℓ are controlled by the width of the QD neutrino and its mass splitting, the latter being equal to the light-neutrino mass mν in the LSM scenario. The current upper bound on mν1 together with the projected sensitivities of current and future |UN ℓ|2 experimental measurements, set stringent constraints on our low-scale QD mass regime. Some experimental prospects of testing the model by LHC displaced vertex searches are also discussed.
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Arbeláez, C., Dib, C., Monsálvez-Pozo, K. et al. Quasi-Dirac neutrinos in the linear seesaw model. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 154 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2021)154
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