Multi-component Dark Matter in a Novel Three-Loop Inverse Scotogenic Seesaw Model

Abstract

We consider a model which provides an explanation of the origin of light neutrino masses, the baryon asymmetry of the Universe -- via leptogenesis -- and explains the observed dark matter relic abundance with several components. In this scenario, Majorana masses of the active neutrinos are produced by the inverse seesaw (ISS) mechanism with the lepton-number-violating mass parameter being dynamically generated at three loops with a novel topology. This model is based on an extension of the Standard Model gauge symmetry by a global $U(1)'$ and a discrete $\mathbb{Z}_2\otimes \mathbb{Z}_3$. The latter, which is responsible for the radiative origin of the ISS lepton-number-violating parameter, survives the spontaneous breaking of the global $U(1)'$ and, at the same time, ensures the stabilization of the dark sector. The lightest particles carrying non-trivial residual charges are stable, becoming potentially viable dark matter candidates. The model complies with bounds and constraints from neutrino data, collider and high-intensity charged lepton flavor-violating observables, as well as dark matter relic density and direct detection. To efficiently explore the model's high-dimensional parameter space and identify phenomenologically viable regions, we perform a global numerical scan using the MultiNest algorithm.