We study a minimal extension of the standard model by introducing three right-handed neutrinos and a new scotogenic scalar doublet,in which the mass splittings between neutral and charged components are responsible fo...We study a minimal extension of the standard model by introducing three right-handed neutrinos and a new scotogenic scalar doublet,in which the mass splittings between neutral and charged components are responsible for the W-boson mass newly measured by the CDF Collaboration.This model can not only generate non-vanishing Majorana neutrino masses via the interaction of right-handed neutrinos and scotogenic scalars,but also explain the Universe’s missing matter in the form of FIMP dark matter.We also study the influence of the mass splitting on the first order electroweak phase transition,and find that it can further enhance the transition strength and thus induce gravitational waves during the phase transition,which may be detected in the forthcoming detectors such as U-DECIGO.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11805161,12005180,and 11975195)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2020QA083 and ZR2019JQ04)the Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program(2019KJJ007)。
文摘We study a minimal extension of the standard model by introducing three right-handed neutrinos and a new scotogenic scalar doublet,in which the mass splittings between neutral and charged components are responsible for the W-boson mass newly measured by the CDF Collaboration.This model can not only generate non-vanishing Majorana neutrino masses via the interaction of right-handed neutrinos and scotogenic scalars,but also explain the Universe’s missing matter in the form of FIMP dark matter.We also study the influence of the mass splitting on the first order electroweak phase transition,and find that it can further enhance the transition strength and thus induce gravitational waves during the phase transition,which may be detected in the forthcoming detectors such as U-DECIGO.