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arxiv: 1403.1710 · v2 · pith:EJXM7HJEnew · submitted 2014-03-07 · ✦ hep-ph

7 keV Dark Matter as X-ray Line Signal in Radiative Neutrino Model

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keywords neutrinodarkmattermassessignalx-rayactiveline
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We study a light dark matter in a radiative neutrino model to explain the X-ray line signal at about $3.5$ keV recently reported by XMN-Newton X-ray observatory using data of various galaxy clusters and Andromeda galaxy. The signal requires very tiny mixing between the dark matter and an active neutrino; $\sin^2 2\theta\approx 10^{-10}$. It could suggest that such a light dark matter cannot contribute to the observed neutrino masses if we use the seesaw mechanism. In other words, neutrino masses might come a structure different from the dark matter. We propose a model in which Dirac type active neutrino masses are induced at one-loop level. On the other hand the mixing between active neutrino and dark matter are generated at two-loop level. As a result we can explain both the observed neutrino masses and the X-ray line signal from the dark matter decay with rather mild hierarchy of parameters in TeV scale.

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