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P. V. Dong

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arXiv2018

Investigation of Dark Matter in the 3-2-3-1 Model

We prove that the $SU(3)_C\otimes SU(2)_L \otimes SU(3)_R\otimes U(1)_X$ (3-2-3-1) gauge model always contains a matter parity $W_P=(-1)^{3(B-L)+2s}$ as conserved residual gauge symmetry, where $B-L=2(βT_{8R}+X)$ is a $SU(3)_R\otimes U(1)_X$ charge. Due to the non-Abelian nature of $B-L$, the $W$-odd and $W$-even fields are actually unified in gauge multiplets. We investigate two viable versions for dark matter according to $β=\pm1/\sqrt{3}$, where the dark matter candidates can be fermion, scalar, or vector fields. We figure out the parameter spaces in the allowed regions of the relic density and direct detection cross-sections. Additionally, we examine the neutrino masses induced by the seesaw mechanism along with associated lepton flavor violation processes. The new gauge boson searches at the LEPII and LHC are discussed.

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arXiv2018

The economical 3-3-1 model revisited

We show that the economical 3-3-1 model poses a very high new physics scale of the order of 1000~TeV due to the constraint on the flavor-changing neutral current. The implications of the model for neutrino masses, inflation, leptogenesis, and superheavy dark matter are newly recognized. Alternatively, we modify the model by rearranging the third quark generation differently from the first two quark generations, as well as changing the scalar sector. The resultant model now predicts a consistent new physics at TeV scale unlike the previous case and may be fully probed at the current colliders. Particularly, due to the minimal particle contents, the models under consideration manifestly accommodate dark matter candidates and neutrino masses, with novel and distinct production mechanisms. The large flavor-changing neutral currents that come from the ordinary and exotic quark mixings can be avoided due to the approximate $B-L$ symmetry.

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arXiv2018

Asymmetric Dark Matter, Inflation and Leptogenesis from B-L Symmetry Breaking

We propose a unified setup for dark matter, inflation and baryon asymmetry generation through the neutrino mass seesaw mechanism. Our scenario emerges naturally from an extended gauge group containing $B-L$ as a non-commutative symmetry, broken by a singlet scalar that also drives inflation. Its decays reheat the universe, producing the lightest right-handed neutrino. Automatic matter parity conservation leads to the stability of an asymmetric dark matter candidate, directly linked to the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe.

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arXiv2017

The Dark Side of Flipped Trinification

We propose a model which unifies the Left-Right symmetry with the $SU(3)_L$ gauge group, called flipped trinification, and based on the $SU(3)_C\otimes SU(3)_L\otimes SU(3)_R\otimes U(1)_X$ gauge group. The model inherits the interesting features of both symmetries while elegantly explaining the origin of the matter parity, $W_P=(-1)^{3(B-L)+2s}$, and dark matter stability. We develop the details of the spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism in the model, determining the relevant mass eigenstates, and showing how neutrino masses are easily generated via the seesaw mechanism. Viable dark matter candidates can either be a fermion, a scalar or a vector, leading to potentially different dark matter phenomenology.

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arXiv2017

Phenomenology of the SU(3)_C \otimes SU(2)_L \otimes SU(3)_R \otimes U(1)_X gauge model

We study the left-right asymmetric model based on SU(3)_C \otimes SU(2)_L \otimes SU(3)_R \otimes U(1)_X gauge group, which improves the theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the known left-right symmetric model. This new gauge symmetry yields that the fermion generation number is three, and the tree-level flavor-changing neutral currents arise in both gauge and scalar sectors. Also, it can provide the observed neutrino masses as well as dark matter automatically. Further, we investigate the mass spectrum of the gauge and scalar fields. All the gauge interactions of the fermions and scalars are derived. We examine the tree-level contributions of the new neutral vector, Z'_R, and new neutral scalar, H_2, to flavor-violating neutral meson mixings, say K-\bar{K}, B_d-\bar{B}_d, and B_s-\bar{B}_s, which strongly constrain the new physics scale as well as the elements of the right-handed quark mixing matrices. The bounds for the new physics scale are in agreement with those coming from the ρ-parameter as well as the mixing parameters between W, Z bosons and new gauge bosons.

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arXiv2017

Neutrino masses and superheavy dark matter in the 3-3-1-1 model

In this work, we interpret the 3-3-1-1 model when the B-L and 3-3-1 breaking scales behave simultaneously as the inflation scale. This setup not only realizes the previously-achieved consequences of inflation and leptogenesis, but also provides new insights in superheavy dark matter and neutrino masses. We argue that the 3-3-1-1 model can incorporate a scalar sextet, which induces both small masses for the neutrinos via a combined type I and II seesaw and large masses for the new neutral fermions. Additionally, all the new particles have the large masses in the inflation scale. The lightest particle among the W-particles that have abnormal (i.e., wrong) B-L number in comparison to those of the standard model particles may be a superheavy dark matter as it is stabilized by the W-parity. The dark matter candidate may be a Majorana fermion, a neutral scalar, or a neutral gauge boson, which was properly created in the early universe due to the gravitational effects on the vacuum or the thermal production after cosmic inflation.

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arXiv2016

R-parity as a residual gauge symmetry : probing a theory of cosmological dark matter

We present a non-supersymmetric scenario in which the R-parity symmetry $R_P = (-1)^{3(B-L)+2s}$ arises as a result of spontaneous gauge symmetry breaking, leading to a viable Dirac fermion WIMP dark matter candidate. Direct detection in nuclear recoil experiments probes dark matter masses around $2-5$ TeV for $M_{Z^{\prime}} \sim 3-4$ TeV consistent with searches at the LHC, while lepton flavor violation rates and flavor changing neutral currents in neutral meson systems lie within reach of upcoming experiments.

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arXiv2016

Left-right model for dark matter

We argue that dark matter can automatically arise from a gauge theory that possesses a non-minimal left-right gauge symmetry, SU(3)_C \otimes SU(M)_L \otimes SU(N)_R \otimes U(1)_X, for (M,N) = (2,3), (3,2), (3,3), \cdots, and (5,5).

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arXiv2016

Kinetic mixing effect in the 3-3-1-1 model

We show that the mixing effect of the neutral gauge bosons in the 3-3-1-1 model comes from two sources. The first one is due to the 3-3-1-1 gauge symmetry breaking as usual, whereas the second one results from the kinetic mixing between the gauge bosons of U(1)_X and U(1)_N groups, which are used to determine the electric charge and baryon minus lepton numbers, respectively. Such mixings modify the ρ-parameter and the known couplings of Z with fermions. The constraints that arise from flavor-changing neutral currents due to the gauge boson mixings and non-universal fermion generations are also given.

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arXiv2016

Left-right asymmetry and 750 GeV diphoton excess

We propose the left-right models based on SU(3)_C\otimes SU(M)_L \otimes SU(N)_R \otimes U(1)_X gauge symmetry for (M,N)=(3,3), (2,3), and (3,2) that address the 750 GeV diphoton excess recently reported by the LHC. The fermion contents are minimally introduced, and the generation number must match the fundamental color number to cancel anomalies and ensure QCD asymptotic freedom. The diphoton excess arises from the field that breaks the left-right symmetry spontaneously in the first model, while for the last models it emerges as an explicit violation of the left-right symmetry. The neutrino masses, flavor-changing neutral currents, and new boson searches are also discussed.

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arXiv2015

Unifying the electroweak and B-L interactions

We argue that the gauge symmetry which includes SU(3)_L as a higher weak-isospin symmetry is manifestly given by SU(3)_C\otimes SU(3)_L\otimes U(1)_X\otimes U(1)_N, where the last two factors determine the electric charge and B-L, respectively. This theory not only provides a consistent unification of the electroweak and B-L interactions, but also gives insights in dark matter, neutrino masses, and inflation. The dark matter belongs to a class of new particles that have wrong B-L numbers, and is stabilized due to a newly-realized W-parity as residual gauge symmetry. The B-L breaking field is important to define the W-parity, seesaw scales, and inflaton. Furthermore, the number of fermion generations and the electric charge quantization are explained naturally. We also show that the previous 3-3-1 models are only an effective theory as the B-L charge and the unitarity argument are violated. This work substantially generalizes our recently-proposed 3-3-1-1 model.

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arXiv2015

Investigation of Dark Matter in Minimal 3-3-1 Models

It is shown that the 3-3-1 model with the minimal lepton content can work as two-Higgs-triplet 3-3-1 model while leaving the other scalars as inert particles responsible for dark matter. We study two cases of dark matter corresponding to the doublet and singlet scalar candidates. We figure out the parameter spaces in the WMAP allowed region of the relic density. The indirect and direct searches for dark matter in both cases are investigated by using micrOMEGAs.

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arXiv2015

Inflation and leptogenesis in the 3-3-1-1 model

We consider the SU(3)_C \otimes SU(3)_L \otimes U(1)_X \otimes U(1)_N (3-3-1-1) model at the GUT scale with implication for inflation and leptogenesis. The mass spectra of the neutral Higgs bosons and neutral gauge bosons are reconsidered when the scale of the 3-3-1-1 breaking is much larger than that of the ordinary SU(3)_C \otimes SU(3)_L \otimes U(1)_X (3-3-1) breaking. We investigate how the 3-3-1-1 model generates an inflation by identifying the scalar field that spontaneously breaks the U(1)_N symmetry to inflaton as well as including radiative corrections for the inflaton potential. We figure out the parameter spaces appeared in the inflaton potential that satisfy the conditions for an inflation model and obtain the inflaton mass an order of 10^{13} GeV. The inflaton can dominantly decay into a pair of light Higgs bosons or a pair of heavy Majorana neutrinos which lead, respectively, to a reheating temperature of 10^9 GeV order appropriate to a thermal leptogenesis scenario or to a reduced reheating temperature corresponding to a non-thermal leptogenesis scenario. We calculate the lepton asymmetry which yields baryon asymmetry successfully for both the thermal and non-thermal cases.

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arXiv2014

Discriminating the minimal 3-3-1 models

We show that due to the ρparameter bound and the Landau pole limit, the reduced 3-3-1 model is unrealistic, while due to the ρparameter and FCNCs bounds, the simple 3-3-1 model is experimentally unfavored. All such conditions strictly constrain the gauge symmetry breaking scales of the minimal 3-3-1 model with three scalar triplets.

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arXiv2014

Simple 3-3-1 model and implication for dark matter

We propose a new and realistic 3-3-1 model with the minimal lepton and scalar contents, named the simple 3-3-1 model. The scalar sector contains two new heavy Higgs bosons, one neutral H and another singly-charged H^\pm, besides the standard model Higgs boson. There is a mixing between the Z boson and the new neutral gauge boson (Z'). The ρparameter constrains the 3-3-1 breaking scale (w) to be w>460 GeV. The quarks get consistent masses via five-dimensional effective interactions while the leptons via interactions up to six dimensions. Particularly, the neutrino small masses are generated as a consequence of the approximate lepton-number symmetry of the model. The proton is stabilized due to the lepton-parity conservation (-1)^L. The hadronic FCNCs are calculated that give a bound w>3.6 TeV and yield that the third quark generation is different from the first two. The correct mass generation for top quark implies that the minimal scalar sector as proposed is unique. By the simple 3-3-1 model, the other scalars beside the minimal ones can behave as inert fields responsible for dark matter. A triplet, doublet and singlet dark matter are respectively recognized. Our proposals provide the solutions for the long-standing dark matter issue in the minimal 3-3-1 model.

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arXiv2014

Phenomenology of the 3-3-1-1 model

We discuss a new SU(3)_C X SU(3)_L X U(1)_X X U(1)_N (3-3-1-1) gauge model that overhauls the theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the known 3-3-1 models. Additionally, we sift the outcome of the 3-3-1-1 model from precise electroweak bounds to dark matter observables. The mass spectra of the scalar and gauge sectors are diagonalized when the scale of the 3-3-1-1 breaking is compatible to that of the ordinary 3-3-1 breaking. All the interactions of the gauge bosons with the fermions and scalars are obtained. The 3-3-1-1 model provides two dark matters which are stabilized by the W-parity conservation: one fermion which may be either a Majorana or Dirac fermion and one complex scalar. We conclude that in the fermion dark matter setup the Z_2 gauge boson resonance sets the dark matter observables, whereas in the scalar one the Higgs portal dictates them. The standard model GIM mechanism works in the model because of the W-parity conservation. Hence, the dangerous flavor changing neutral currents due to the ordinary and exotic quark mixing are suppressed, while those coming from the non-universal couplings of the Z_2 and Z_N gauge bosons are easily evaded. Indeed, the K^0-\bar{K}^0 and B^0_s-\bar{B}^0_s mixings limit m_{Z_{2,N}}>2.037 TeV and m_{Z_{2,N}}>2.291 TeV, respectively, while the LEPII searches provide a quite close bound m_{Z_{2,N}}>2.737 TeV. The violation of the CKM unitarity due to the loop effects of the Z_2 and Z_N gauge bosons is negligible. [Full abstract is given in the text.]

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arXiv2013

The 3-3-1 model with inert scalar triplet

We show that the typical 3-3-1 models are only self-consistent if they contain interactions explicitly violating the lepton number. The 3-3-1 model with right-handed neutrinos can by itself work as an economical 3-3-1 model as a natural recognition of the above criteria while it also results an inert scalar triplet (η) responsible for dark matter. This is ensured by a Z_2 symmetry (assigned so that only ηis odd while all other multiplets which perform the economical 3-3-1 model are even), which is not broken by the vacuum. The minimal 3-3-1 model can provide a dark matter by a similar realization. Taking the former into account, we show that the dark matter candidate (H_η) contained in ηtransforms as a singlet in effective limit under the standard model symmetry and being naturally heavy. The H_ηrelic density and direct detection cross-section will get right values when the H_ηmass is in TeV range as expected. The model predicts the H_ηmass m_{H_η}=λ_5\times 2 TeV and the H_η-nucleon scattering cross-section σ_{H_η-N}=1.56\times 10^{-44} cm^2, provided that the new neutral Higgs boson is heavy enough than the dark matter.

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arXiv2013

3-3-1-1 model for dark matter

We show that the SU(3)_C X SU(3)_L X U(1)_X (3-3-1) model of strong and electroweak interactions can naturally accommodate an extra U(1)_N symmetry behaving as a gauge symmetry. Resulting theory based on SU(3)_C X SU(3)_L X U(1)_X X U(1)_N (3-3-1-1) gauge symmetry realizes B-L=-(2/\sqrt{3})T_8+N as a charge of SU(3)_L X U(1)_N. Consequently, a residual symmetry, W-parity, resulting from broken B-L in similarity to R-parity in supersymmetry is always conserved and may be unbroken. There is a specific fermion content recently studied in which all new particles that have wrong lepton-numbers are odd under W-parity, while the standard model particles are even. Therefore, the lightest wrong-lepton particle (LWP) responsible for dark matter is naturally stabilized. We explicitly show that the non-Hermitian neutral gauge boson (X^0) as LWP cannot be a dark matter. However, the LWP as a new neutral fermion (N_R) can be dark matter if its mass is in range 1.9 TeV \leq m_{N_R} \leq 2.5 TeV, provided that the new neutral gauge boson (Z') mass satisfies 2.2 TeV \leq m_Z' \leq 2.5 TeV. Moreover, the scalar dark matter candidate (H'\simeq η_3) which has traditionally been studied is only stabilized by W-parity. All the unwanted interactions and vacuums as often encountered in the 3-3-1 model are naturally suppressed. And, the standing issues on tree-level flavor changing neutral currents and CPT violation also disappear.

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