The lightest neutral scalar of the SU(2)_R triplet in the minimal left-right model can serve as a long-lived decaying dark matter candidate in the keV to multi-MeV mass range, provided the left-right scale exceeds about 10^15 GeV via a severely fine-tuned quartic coupling.
W-boson mass in the triplet seesaw model
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The CDF collaboration has recently published a precision measurement of the W-boson mass that differs from the Standard Model prediction by seven standard deviations. This result can be explained with additional electroweak multiplets that either break the custodial symmetry or contribute to oblique parameters at loop level. Here, we study one of the best-motivated scenarios involving new multiplets: the type-II seesaw model, which involves a scalar triplet that generates Majorana neutrino masses and can furthermore resolve the W-boson mass discrepancy. This favors a doubly-charged scalar with mass between 100 and 200 GeV as well as other scalars with a fixed mass splitting. The entire preferred parameter space is testable at the LHC.
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Decaying scalar dark matter in the minimal left-right symmetric model
The lightest neutral scalar of the SU(2)_R triplet in the minimal left-right model can serve as a long-lived decaying dark matter candidate in the keV to multi-MeV mass range, provided the left-right scale exceeds about 10^15 GeV via a severely fine-tuned quartic coupling.