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A discrete Z_N gauge symmetry turns a light majoron into predictive dark matter: Z_5 is excluded, while Z_7 lands in the 1–10 MeV window that COSI can test with two line signals.

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arxiv 2607.09131 v1 pith:7DJ4ZOA5 submitted 2026-07-10 hep-ph astro-ph.HE

Minimal Majoron Dark Matter from a Discrete Z_N Gauge Symmetry

Subaru Fujisawa , Qiuyue Liang , Shigeki Matsumoto , Michiru Uwabo-Niibo , Tsutomu T. Yanagida This is my paper
classification hep-ph astro-ph.HE PACS 95.35.+d14.60.St12.60.-i98.80.Cq
keywords majoron dark matterdiscrete gauge symmetryZ_Nmisalignment mechanismseesawMeV gamma raysB-L symmetryCOSI
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This paper constructs a minimal majoron dark-matter model by adding three right-handed neutrinos and one complex scalar to the Standard Model, but defining the theory with an exact discrete gauge symmetry Z_N rather than a fundamental global B−L symmetry. Global B−L then emerges only accidentally at low energies; for nontrivial N (5, 7, 11, 13) the first allowed Planck-suppressed operators generate a controlled majoron mass, so the pseudo-Nambu–Goldstone boson can be dark matter. Abundance is computed from post-inflationary misalignment in both radiation-dominated and early-matter-dominated histories, then confronted with isocurvature, cosmological, and indirect-search bounds. Z_5 is already ruled out by limits on its dominant decay into neutrinos, while Z_7, Z_11 and Z_13 remain viable. The Z_7 case is the most immediate target: it predicts a 1–10 MeV mass whose decays produce a 511 keV line and a monochromatic gamma-ray line that future MeV telescopes, especially COSI, can probe.

Core claim

In the minimal majoron model with three right-handed neutrinos and a complex scalar, an exact discrete gauge symmetry Z_N ⊂ U(1)_{B−L} makes global B−L accidental. For Z_5, Z_7, Z_11 and Z_13 the leading Planck-suppressed operators set a light majoron mass. Misalignment production after inflation leaves Z_5 excluded by neutrino-decay limits while Z_7, Z_11 and Z_13 remain open; Z_7 specifically predicts a 1–10 MeV majoron that yields both a 511 keV line from e⁻e⁺ and a monochromatic line at E_γ = m_J/2, both accessible to COSI.

What carries the argument

The discrete gauge symmetry Z_N that forbids all Φ^n operators with n ≤ 4 and allows a leading Planck-suppressed term Φ^N/m_pl^{N−4}. That operator alone fixes the majoron mass scaling m_J ∝ v_Φ^{N/2−1}/m_pl^{N/2−2} and thereby predicts the mass window for each N.

Load-bearing premise

The mass and abundance rest on the claim that the majoron mass comes only from the lowest Z_N-allowed Planck-suppressed operator with a coefficient of order one, and that dark matter is produced solely by pre-inflationary misalignment with an order-one initial angle.

What would settle it

A null COSI search that fails to detect both an off-bulge 511 keV excess and a monochromatic line at E_γ = m_J/2 across 1–10 MeV, at fluxes corresponding to the paper’s central 99.8 % scan of |K_11−K_22−K_33|, would exclude the bulk of the viable Z_7 parameter space under the stated production assumptions.

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If this is right

  • Z_5 majoron dark matter is excluded by existing cosmological and neutrino-line limits on J→νν.
  • Z_7 majoron dark matter is predicted to lie in the 1–10 MeV range for both radiation-dominated and early-matter-dominated misalignment.
  • COSI can cover most of the representative Z_7 coupling range via the 511 keV line (including near the e⁻e⁺ threshold thanks to the Sommerfeld effect) and the monochromatic line at half the majoron mass.
  • Conventional high-scale thermal leptogenesis remains compatible with radiation-dominated misalignment for the viable Z_N models; early-matter domination requires lower-scale or flavored leptogenesis.
  • Z_11 and Z_13 push the majoron to lighter masses and weaker couplings that stay cosmologically allowed but are harder to test soon.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Simultaneous detection of an off-bulge 511 keV excess and a monochromatic line at half the same mass would favor an electron-loop–dominated majoron over many other MeV dark-matter candidates whose rates are not correlated that way.
  • The same discrete-gauge control of Planck-suppressed operators can be applied to other accidental global symmetries (for example axion quality problems) to generate predictive light pseudo-Goldstone masses.
  • A COSI null result would mainly exclude the bulk of the scanned Z_7 coupling window; smaller K_ij cancellations or early-matter-domination corners could still survive.
  • Requiring pre-inflationary breaking to avoid Z_N defects can tighten the allowed reheating window more than the paper’s conservative thermal-restoration bounds once concrete inflation models are specified.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 5 minor

Summary. The paper constructs a minimal majoron dark-matter model by extending the SM with three right-handed neutrinos and a complex scalar Φ, with the theory defined by an exact discrete gauge symmetry Z_N ⊂ U(1)_{B-L}. The global U(1)_{B-L} then emerges only accidentally at low energies; for N = 5, 7, 11, 13 the leading Planck-suppressed operator Φ^n generates a controlled majoron mass (Eq. 7, Table 1). Production is studied via pre-inflationary misalignment in both radiation-dominated and early-matter-dominated cosmologies (Eqs. 14–15). The resulting parameter space is confronted with isocurvature, CMB/BBN/Ly-α, and indirect-search bounds. The central claim is that Z_5 is excluded by the dominant J o u u decay, while Z_7, Z_11 and Z_13 remain viable; Z_7 predicts m_J ∼ 1–10 MeV and is testable by COSI through the 511 keV line (J o e⁻e⁺, with Sommerfeld enhancement) and the monochromatic line at E_γ = m_J/2 (J o γγ).

Significance. If the stated premises hold, the work supplies a predictive, discrete-gauge realization of majoron dark matter that cleanly separates viable from excluded Z_N choices and isolates a concrete MeV-scale target for COSI. Strengths include the controlled mass formula from Z_N selection rules, standard and carefully derived decay widths (tree-level u u, one-loop e⁻e⁺, two-loop γγ), an explicit Sommerfeld treatment in Appendix A, and a parameter scan of the K_ij coefficients (Appendix B) that yields falsifiable ranges for the MeV signals. The simultaneous 511 keV + monochromatic-line prediction for Z_7 is a distinctive, near-term observational handle.

major comments (2)
  1. Sec. 2, Eq. (7) and Table 1: the mass predictions (and therefore the Z_5 exclusion and the Z_7 1–10 MeV window) rest on the assumption that the leading explicit breaking is precisely the lowest Z_N-allowed Planck-suppressed operator with cutoff m_pl and coefficient κ scanned only over 0.01–1. The manuscript should state more explicitly that additional UV operators of comparable size, or a lower cutoff, would shift the mass bands and could reopen or close the windows; a short sensitivity discussion would make the claim robust rather than premise-dependent.
  2. Sec. 3.2.4 and right panel of Fig. 4: the J o γγ width is evaluated in an electron-loop-only approximation, with hadronic contributions argued to be suppressed by m_J^{2}/m_had^{2}. For the upper end of the Z_7 window (m_J ∼ O(10) MeV) this is only marginally safe; a quantitative estimate or a clear statement that the exclusion of m_J ≳ O(10) MeV is indicative would strengthen the figure and the associated COSI projection.
minor comments (5)
  1. Sec. 3.1 and Figs. 2–3: the magenta hatched abundance band uses 0.5 ≤ θ_0 ≤ 5; a brief remark on how the band changes for θ_0 o O(0.1) or near the anharmonic regime would help readers assess robustness.
  2. Sec. 4.1: the COSI 511 keV sensitivity is labeled indicative (RoI definition, positron escape, neglected backgrounds). Making this caveat more prominent in the figure caption of Fig. 6 (left) would avoid over-reading the orange band.
  3. Appendix B: the scan sets Im z_i = 0. A one-sentence note that moderate imaginary parts mainly affect the tails (as already suggested) would clarify that the quoted 99.8 % interval is a baseline, not a full prior.
  4. Notation: f ≡ v_Φ/N is introduced after Eq. (14); stating it once in Sec. 2 when the nonlinear representation is defined would reduce later ambiguity for n eq N cases.
  5. Table 1 caption: the phrase “equivalently m_J / [κ^{1/2}(v_Φ/10^{10} GeV)^{n/2−1}]” is slightly awkward; rephrasing as the numerical prefactor for that normalization would improve readability.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: mass scales follow from discrete charge assignments plus assumed O(1) Planck operators; abundance matching and decay constraints are standard external confrontations, not self-definitional.

full rationale

The derivation chain is self-contained against external benchmarks. The majoron mass (Eq. 7, Table 1) is fixed by the lowest Z_N-allowed operator Φ^n/m_pl^{n-4} with κ scanned over 0.01–1; this is an input assumption, not a fit to the target abundance or to the exclusion claim. The abundance formulas (Eqs. 14–15) then require f and θ_0 to reproduce Ωh^{2}≃0.12—standard misalignment practice that does not redefine the mass. Decay widths (Eqs. 9–12) are computed from the model Lagrangian and compared to independent CMB, Ly-α, and indirect-search limits; the Z_5 exclusion and the viability of Z_7/Z_11/Z_13 follow from that comparison. The K_ij range used for Γ(J o e−e+) and Γ(J oγγ) is a prior-dependent parameter scan (Appendix B), not a circular derivation of the mass window. Self-citations appear only for technical tools (Sommerfeld factor, COSI sensitivity curves) and do not load-bear the central viability map. Score 1 reflects only the ordinary soft assumption that κ is O(1) and production is pure pre-inflationary misalignment—already flagged by the reader and not circularity under the stated rules.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

6 free parameters · 6 axioms · 4 invented entities

The central claims rest on a standard seesaw-plus-majoron field content, an exact discrete gauge Z_N that forbids low-dimension B−L-breaking operators, O(1) Planck-suppressed leading operators that set m_J, pre-inflationary misalignment production of the full DM density, and external cosmological/indirect limits. Free parameters (κ, θ_0, f, Yukawas, Casas–Ibarra angles) are scanned rather than uniquely predicted; the majoron and Φ are invented entities with independent handles only through the predicted decays and abundance.

free parameters (6)
  • κ (Planck-operator coefficient) = 0.01–1 (scan)
    Sets m_J via Eq. (7); scanned only over 0.01–1 with no UV derivation of its magnitude.
  • initial misalignment angle θ_0 = O(1)
    Controls Ω_J; varied ~0.5–5 (RD) or fixed to 1 (EMD plots).
  • decay constant f = v_Φ/N (or n)
    Free scale fixed by requiring Ω_J h²≃0.12 for given m_J and cosmology.
  • right-handed neutrino Yukawas y_I^{(N)} = 0.01–1
    Scanned 0.01–1 to set heavy-neutrino masses and K_ij factors.
  • Casas–Ibarra angles z_i and lightest neutrino mass m_1 = scan ranges in App. B
    Scanned with flat priors (Im z_i=0, m_1≤0.1 eV) to produce the green decay-width bands.
  • reheating temperature T_RH (EMD case)
    Free cosmological parameter constrained by BBN, isocurvature, and pre-inflationary conditions.
axioms (6)
  • domain assumption Exact discrete gauge symmetry Z_N ⊂ U(1)_{B-L} is anomaly-free with three RH neutrinos and forbids Φ^n operators with n≤4 for the chosen N.
    Defines the model in Sec. 2; relies on standard discrete-gauge and anomaly arguments (Dai–Freed etc.).
  • ad hoc to paper Leading explicit breaking is the lowest Z_N-allowed Planck-suppressed operator with cutoff m_pl and O(1) κ.
    Eq. (7) and Table 1; no derivation that other UV operators or lower cutoffs are absent.
  • domain assumption U(1)_{B-L} is spontaneously broken before inflation (pre-inflationary scenario) so misalignment applies without dangerous Z_N defects.
    Sec. 3.1; post-inflationary defects are set aside by assumption.
  • domain assumption Misalignment of the homogeneous majoron mode accounts for the full observed dark-matter density.
    Eqs. (14)–(15); other production channels not included.
  • domain assumption Standard cosmological and indirect limits on decaying DM (CMB, Ly-α, neutrino telescopes, INTEGRAL/COMPTEL/EGRET) apply as quoted.
    Sec. 3.2; external benchmarks.
  • standard math Near-threshold J→e−e+ rate is given by the Coulomb Sommerfeld factor times the one-loop width.
    Appendix A potential-NR matching.
invented entities (4)
  • Majoron J (pseudo-Nambu–Goldstone boson of accidental U(1)_{B-L}) no independent evidence
    purpose: Dark-matter candidate with mass from Planck-suppressed Z_N-allowed operators.
    Central particle; independent evidence only via predicted decays and abundance, not yet observed.
  • Complex scalar Φ with B−L charge 2 no independent evidence
    purpose: Breaks U(1)_{B-L}/Z_N, generates RH neutrino masses and the majoron.
    Standard majoron-model ingredient; no direct experimental handle in the paper.
  • Three right-handed neutrinos N_I independent evidence
    purpose: Seesaw masses, anomaly cancellation for discrete B−L, and loop-induced majoron couplings.
    Motivated by neutrino data and leptogenesis but not uniquely fixed here.
  • Exact discrete gauge symmetry Z_N (N=5,7,11,13 emphasized) no independent evidence
    purpose: Control explicit B−L breaking so the majoron is light and predictive.
    Model-defining postulate; not independently measured.

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We investigate majoron dark matter in a minimal setup, where the Standard Model is extended by three right-handed neutrinos and a complex scalar field. The theory is defined by an exact discrete gauge symmetry, $Z_N\subset U(1)_{B-L}$, while the global $U(1)_{B-L}$ symmetry emerges only as an accidental symmetry at low energies. For nontrivial choices of the discrete symmetry $Z_N$, such as $Z_5$, $Z_7$, $Z_{11}$, and $Z_{13}$, Planck-suppressed operators explicitly break this accidental symmetry and generate a small majoron mass, making the resulting pseudo-Nambu--Goldstone boson a well-motivated dark matter candidate. We study its production via the misalignment mechanism after inflation, considering both radiation-dominated and early matter-dominated cosmological histories, and confront the viable parameter space with isocurvature bounds, cosmological constraints, and indirect dark matter searches. We find that the $Z_5$ model is excluded by limits on the dominant dark matter decay into neutrinos, whereas the other models remain viable. In particular, the $Z_7$ scenario predicts a majoron mass in the $1$--$10\,{\rm MeV}$ range and can be sensitively probed by future MeV gamma-ray observations, especially with COSI, through the 511$\,$keV line from the majoron decay into an electron--positron pair and the monochromatic gamma-ray line from its decay into two photons.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2607.09131 by Michiru Uwabo-Niibo, Qiuyue Liang, Shigeki Matsumoto, Subaru Fujisawa, Tsutomu T. Yanagida.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Feynman diagrams for the one-loop effective Lagrangian of the minimal majoron model. irrelevant at low energies for the following discussion of majoron decay phenomenology. As indicated by the above interaction, the majoron can decay into SM particles through its derivative coupling to the B − L current, reflecting its Nambu–Goldstone nature. The interaction above shows that the dominant decay channel of m… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: The magenta hatched region shows where the observed dark matter abundance is re￾produced through the misalignment mechanism in Eq. (14), with the initial angle varied over 0.5 ≤ θ0 ≤ 5 and the Standard Model values of g∗ (T) adopted. Also shown are the mass predictions for the different ZN gauge symmetry models discussed in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Constraints on the (mJ , f ) parameter space for majoron dark matter produced via the misalignment mechanism during an early matter-dominated era, assuming the observed dark matter abundance ΩJh 2 = 0.12 and taking θ0 = 1 in Eq. (15). Shown are the region with Tosc < TRH, where the early matter-dominated misalignment formula is not applicable; the region excluded by successful BBN, TRH < 5 MeV; the region … view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Left panel: Range of Γ [J → e −e +] in the Z7 symmetry model, including the Sommerfeld enhancement. The green hatched region shows the central 99.8 % interval obtained in our parameter scan as a function of mJ − 2me . The blue and red lines show the upper limits from the CMB and Lyman-α forest, while the black line shows the 511 keV line-search limit. Right panel: Same as the left panel, but for Γ [J → γγ]… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Left panel: Schematic illustration of the Compton-event variables used in this work for the 511 keV line analysis. The angle ψ denotes the Compton scattering angle, while (θa ,φa ) specifies the apparent event direction as reconstructed by the detector. Right panel: Representation of the corresponding Compton data space, parameterized by (ψ,θa ,φa ). Each detected event is mapped to a point in this space, … view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Left panel: Decay width for J → e −e + in the gauged Z7 model. The green hatched region shows the central 99.8 % interval obtained from our parameter scan, while the orange band indicates the estimated 24-month COSI sensitivity to the 511 keV line. Its upper and lower edges correspond to diffusion-zone half-heights of L = 3 kpc and L = ∞, respectively. Right panel: Decay width for J → γγ in the same model.… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Scan distribution of the combination |K11 − K22 − K33|, which controls the decay widths into e −e + and γγ. The distribution is obtained from 107 points in the minimal majoron model, using the parameter ranges and assumptions described in the text. The central 99.8% interval is indicated by the vertical dashed lines and corresponds to 3.5 × 10−16 ≤ |K11 − K22 − K33| ≤ 3.6 × 10−13 . [3] Jihn E. Kim. Weak In… view at source ↗

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