Majoron Dark Matter From a Spontaneous Inverse Seesaw Model

Abstract

The generation of neutrino masses by inverse seesaw mechanisms has advantages over other seesaw models since the potential new physics can be produced at the TeV scale. We propose a model that generates the inverse seesaw mechanism via spontaneous breaking of the lepton number, by extending the Standard Model with two scalar singlets and two fermion singlets both charged under lepton number. The model gives rise to a massless Majoron and a massive pseudoscalar which we dub as massive Majoron, which corresponds to the Nambu-Goldstone boson of the breaking of lepton number. If the massive Majoron is stable in cosmological time, it might play the role of a suitable Dark Matter candidate. In this scenario, we examine the model with a massive Majoron in the keV range. In this regime, its decay mode to neutrinos is sensitive to the ratio between the vevs of the new scalars ($\omega$), and it vanishes when $ \omega \simeq \sqrt{2/3}$, which is valid within a large region in the parameter space. On the other hand, the cosmological lifetime for the Dark Matter candidate places constraints on its mass via scalar decays. In addition, simple mechanisms that explain the Dark Matter relic abundance within this context and plausible modifications to the proposed setup are briefly discussed.