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Common origin of radiative neutrino mass, dark matter and leptogenesis in scotogenic Georgi-Machacek model

Shao-Long Chen [email protected] Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics (MoE) and Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China    Amit Dutta Banik [email protected] Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics (MoE) and Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China    Ze-Kun Liu [email protected] Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics (MoE) and Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Abstract

We explore the phenomenology of the Georgi-Machacek model extended with two Higgs doublets and vector fermion doublets invariant under SU(2)L×U(1)Y×𝒵4×𝒵2SU(2)_{L}\times U(1)_{Y}\times\mathcal{Z}_{4}\times\mathcal{Z}_{2}. The 𝒵4\mathcal{Z}_{4} symmetry is broken spontaneously while the imposed 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry forbids triplet fields to generate any vacuum expectation value and leading to an inert dark sector providing a viable candidate for dark matter and generate neutrino mass radiatively. Another interesting feature of the model is leptogenesis arising from decay of vector-like fermions. A detailed study of the model is pursued in search for available parameter space consistent with the theoretical and experimental observations for dark matter, neutrino physics, flavor physics, matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe.

.1 Introduction

Evidences from cosmology and astrophysics claim that about a quarter of the Universe is made up of dark matter Aghanim:2018eyx . However, the nature of dark matter remains unknown as the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics fails to provide a viable dark matter (DM) candidate. Despite being celebrated as the most successful theory after the discovery of Higgs boson at collider experiments, various theories beyond the SM are proposed in order to explain the dark matter. Simple extensions of SM with DM candidate are probed considering the stability of dark matter is protected by an additional discrete symmetry (such as 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} or 𝒵3\mathcal{Z}_{3} etc.). Apart from the dark matter, the origin of neutrino mass also remains unexplained by the SM of particle physics despite various neutrinos oscillation experiments has confirmed that neutrinos are massive PhysRevD.98.030001 . This discrepancy in SM also calls for theories beyond the SM. Neutrino masses can indeed be generated by various see-saw mechanisms Minkowski:1977sc ; GellMann:1980vs ; Mohapatra:1979ia ; Schechter:1980gr ; Mohapatra:1980yp ; Wetterich:1981bx ; Schechter:1981cv ; Hambye:2003ka ; Antusch:2007km ; Foot:1988aq ; Chen:2009vx at tree level with new heavy fermions and scalar fields, which can also generate matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe through the leptogenesis mechanism Fukugita:1986hr ; Buchmuller:2004nz ; Buchmuller:2005eh ; Davidson:2008bu ; An:2009vq . There are alternative ways to generate neutrino masses and matter-antimatter asymmetry where neutrino mass is generated radiatively via loop involving right-handed neutrinos Ma:2006km ; Kashiwase:2012xd ; Kashiwase:2013uy ; Hugle:2018qbw or new fields Lu:2016dbc ; Cao:2017xgk ; Zhou:2017lrt ; Gu:2018kmv ; DuttaBanik:2020vfr ; Lineros:2020eit , which can also provide viable dark matter candidates.

Among various extensions beyond the SM, two Higgs doublet model (2HDM) is one of the most simplest extensions where an additional scalar doublet similar to SM Higgs doublet is added HABER1979493 ; HALL1981397 ; PhysRevD.41.3421 ; Branco:2011iw . In conventional models of 2HDM, the newly added doublet is assumed to be odd under a 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry which is broken spontaneously after electroweak symmetry is broken. After spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) doublet scalar fields obtain vacuum expectation values (VEVs) and mix up, resulting new physical Higgs particles. In the present work, we explore the phenomenology of a 2HDM extended Georgi-Machacek (GM) model Georgi:1985nv ; Chanowitz:1985ug ; Gunion:1989ci . In the GM model, new scalar triplets with hypercharge Y=0Y=0 and Y=1Y=1 are added to the SM scalar sector in a way that the electroweak ρ\rho-parameter remains unaffected by simply assuming both the triplets develop same VEVs after spontaneous breaking of symmetry Hartling:2014zca ; Chiang:2015kka ; Chiang:2015rva ; Chiang:2018cgb ; Das:2018vkv . The hypercharge Y=1Y=1 triplet in GM model also produces tiny neutrino masses at tree level. We propose an extension of the GM model with an additional scalar doublet and new vector-like fermions charged under SU(2)L×U(1)Y×𝒵4×𝒵2SU(2)_{L}\times U(1)_{Y}\times\mathcal{Z}_{4}\times\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry. After spontaneous breaking of the symmetry, both the doublet scalar fields develop VEVs resembling the usual 2HDM (which breaks 𝒵4\mathcal{Z}_{4} symmetry of the model) while the triplet fields and vector fermion doublets remain protected by the imposed 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} which constitutes the dark sector. The neutrino mass generation at tree level via triplet field is prohibited. However, new vector-like fermions provide a window to radiatively generate neutrino mass in one-loop level. In addition, the lightest neutral scalar particle arising from mixing between triplet fields being charged under the remnant 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2}, is stable and serves as a dark matter candidate. Finally, CP violating decays of heavy vector fermions can explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe via leptogenesis. With new scalar and fermion fields the modified GM model is referred as scotogenic Georgi-Machacek (sGM) model.

The paper is organized as follows, we firstly describe the sGM model in detail. The phenomenologies of the model are then performed with considering various theoretical and experimental limits. Study of leptogenesis within the model is presented in the next section. Finally we conclude the paper.

sGM Model

The scalar sector of the GM model Georgi:1985nv contains one Higgs doublet ϕ\phi with Y=1/2Y=1/2, one complex triplet Δ\Delta with Y=1Y=1 and a real scalar triplet TT with Y=0Y=0 fields.

ϕ=(ϕ+ϕ0),Δ=(D+2D++D0D+2),T=(T02T+TT02),\displaystyle\phi=\left(\begin{array}[]{c}\phi^{+}\\ \phi^{0}\end{array}\right),~{}\Delta=\left(\begin{array}[]{cc}\frac{D^{+}}{\sqrt{2}}&-D^{++}\\ D^{0}&-\frac{D^{+}}{\sqrt{2}}\end{array}\right),~{}T=\left(\begin{array}[]{cc}\frac{T^{0}}{\sqrt{2}}&-T^{+}\\ -T^{-}&-\frac{T^{0}}{\sqrt{2}}\end{array}\right), (1)

where the neutral components are parametrized as

ϕ0=12(ϕr+vϕ+iϕi),D0=12(Dr0+iDi0)+vΔ,T0=Tr+vT,\displaystyle\phi^{0}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\phi_{r}+v_{\phi}+i\phi_{i}),\quad D^{0}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(D_{r}^{0}+iD_{i}^{0})+v_{\Delta},\quad T^{0}=T_{r}+v_{T}, (2)

with vϕv_{\phi}, vΔv_{\Delta} and vTv_{T} being the VEVs for ϕ0\phi^{0}, D0D^{0} and T0T^{0}, respectively. The most general form of the Higgs potential, invariant under the SU(2)L×U(1)YSU(2)_{L}\times U(1)_{Y} gauge symmetry, is given by

V(ϕ,Δ,T)\displaystyle V(\phi,\Delta,T) =\displaystyle= mϕ2(ϕϕ)+mΔ2Tr(ΔΔ)+mT22Tr(T2)\displaystyle m_{\phi}^{2}(\phi^{\dagger}\phi)+m_{\Delta}^{2}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)+\frac{m_{T}^{2}}{2}\text{Tr}(T^{2}) (3)
+μ1ϕTϕ+μ2[ϕT(iτ2)Δϕ+h.c.]+μ3Tr(ΔΔT)+λϕ(ϕϕ)2\displaystyle+\mu_{1}\phi^{\dagger}T\phi+\mu_{2}[\phi^{T}(i\tau_{2})\Delta^{\dagger}\phi+\text{h.c.}]+\mu_{3}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta T)+\lambda_{\phi}(\phi^{\dagger}\phi)^{2}
+ρ1[Tr(ΔΔ)]2+ρ2Tr(ΔΔΔΔ)+ρ3Tr(T4)+ρ4Tr(ΔΔ)Tr(T2)+ρ5Tr(ΔT)Tr(TΔ)\displaystyle+\rho_{1}[\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)]^{2}+\rho_{2}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)+\rho_{3}\text{Tr}(T^{4})+\rho_{4}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)\text{Tr}(T^{2})+\rho_{5}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}T)\text{Tr}(T\Delta)
+κ1Tr(ΔΔ)ϕϕ+κ2ϕΔΔϕ+κ32Tr(T2)ϕϕ+κ(ϕΔTϕ~+h.c.),\displaystyle+\kappa_{1}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)\phi^{\dagger}\phi+\kappa_{2}\phi^{\dagger}\Delta\Delta^{\dagger}\phi+\frac{\kappa_{3}}{2}\text{Tr}(T^{2})\phi^{\dagger}\phi+\kappa(\phi^{\dagger}\Delta T\tilde{\phi}+\text{h.c.}),

where ϕ~=iτ2ϕ\tilde{\phi}=i\tau_{2}\phi^{*}. In the above Eq. (3), μ2\mu_{2} and κ\kappa can be complex.

In the present work we extend the model in the framework of two Higgs doublets with vector-like fermions (VLF’s),

ΣL(ΣL0ΣL)T,ΣR(ΣR0ΣR)T.\Sigma_{L}\equiv(\Sigma_{L}^{0}~{}~{}~{}~{}\Sigma_{L}^{-})^{T},\hskip 14.22636pt\Sigma_{R}\equiv(\Sigma_{R}^{0}~{}~{}~{}~{}\Sigma_{R}^{-})^{T}\,. (4)

We consider a 𝒵4\mathcal{Z}_{4} symmetry associated with the model instead of standard 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry in 2HDM. In addition, we introduce a 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry under which both the triplets and vector fermion doublets are odd which constitute the dark sector. Charges of different particles and fields are given in Table 1.

Fields SU(3)cSU(3)_{c} SU(2)LSU(2)_{L} U(1)YU(1)_{Y} 𝒵4~{}\mathcal{Z}_{4}~{} 𝒵2~{}\mathcal{Z}_{2}~{}
TT 1 3 0 1 -
Δ\Delta 1 3 1 1 -
ϕ1\phi_{1} 1 2 1/21/2 -i +
ϕ2\phi_{2} 1 2 1/21/2 i +
ΣL,R\Sigma_{L,R} 1 2 1/2-1/2 1 -
QLQ_{L} 3 1 1/6 1 +
uRu_{R} 3 1 2/3 i +
dRd_{R} 3 1 -1/3 -i +
LLL_{L} 1 2 -1/2 1 +
eRe_{R} 3 1 -1 -i +
Table 1: Charge assignments of the fields in the sGM model.

The general form of the Higgs potential, invariant under the SU(2)L×U(1)Y×𝒵4×𝒵2SU(2)_{L}\times U(1)_{Y}\times\mathcal{Z}_{4}\times\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry, is parametrized as

V(2HDM,Δ,T)\displaystyle V({\rm 2HDM},\Delta,T) =\displaystyle= V2HDM+mΔ2Tr(ΔΔ)+mT22Tr(T2)\displaystyle V_{\rm 2HDM}+m_{\Delta}^{2}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)+\frac{m_{T}^{2}}{2}\text{Tr}(T^{2}) (5)
+ρ1[Tr(ΔΔ)]2+ρ2Tr(ΔΔΔΔ)+ρ3Tr(T4)+ρ4Tr(ΔΔ)Tr(T2)+ρ5Tr(ΔT)Tr(TΔ)\displaystyle+\rho_{1}[\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)]^{2}+\rho_{2}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)+\rho_{3}\text{Tr}(T^{4})+\rho_{4}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)\text{Tr}(T^{2})+\rho_{5}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}T)\text{Tr}(T\Delta)
+a=1,2(κ1aTr(ΔΔ)ϕaϕa+κ2aϕaΔΔϕa+κ3a2Tr(T2)ϕaϕa)\displaystyle+\sum\limits_{a=1,2}\left(\kappa_{1a}\text{Tr}(\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta)\phi_{a}^{\dagger}\phi_{a}+\kappa_{2a}\phi_{a}^{\dagger}\Delta\Delta^{\dagger}\phi_{a}+\frac{\kappa_{3a}}{2}\text{Tr}(T^{2})\phi_{a}^{\dagger}\phi_{a}\right)
+κ41(ϕ1ΔTϕ~2+h.c.)+κ42(ϕ2ΔTϕ~1+h.c.),\displaystyle+\kappa_{41}(\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\Delta T\tilde{\phi}_{2}+\text{h.c.})+\kappa_{42}(\phi_{2}^{\dagger}\Delta T\tilde{\phi}_{1}+\text{h.c.})\,\,,

where ϕ~1,2iτ2ϕ1,2\tilde{\phi}_{1,2}\equiv i\tau_{2}\phi_{1,2}^{*}, and the 2HDM potential is given by

V2HDM\displaystyle V_{\rm 2HDM} =\displaystyle= m112ϕ1ϕ1+m222ϕ2ϕ2+λ12(ϕ1ϕ1)2+λ22(ϕ2ϕ2)2+λ3ϕ1ϕ1ϕ2ϕ2\displaystyle m^{2}_{11}\,\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\phi_{1}+m^{2}_{22}\,\phi_{2}^{\dagger}\phi_{2}+\frac{\lambda_{1}}{2}\left(\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\phi_{1}\right)^{2}+\frac{\lambda_{2}}{2}\left(\phi_{2}^{\dagger}\phi_{2}\right)^{2}+\lambda_{3}\,\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\phi_{1}\,\phi_{2}^{\dagger}\phi_{2} (6)
+λ4ϕ1ϕ2ϕ2ϕ1+λ52[(ϕ1ϕ2)2+(ϕ2ϕ1)2].\displaystyle+\lambda_{4}\,\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\phi_{2}\,\phi_{2}^{\dagger}\phi_{1}+\frac{\lambda_{5}}{2}\left[\left(\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\phi_{2}\right)^{2}+\left(\phi_{2}^{\dagger}\phi_{1}\right)^{2}\right].

One interesting aspect of the choice 𝒵4\mathcal{Z}_{4} is that it forbids interaction terms ϕ1ΔTϕ~1\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\Delta T\tilde{\phi}_{1} and ϕ2ΔTϕ~2\phi_{2}^{\dagger}\Delta T\tilde{\phi}_{2} in Eq. (5) and the soft breaking term m122ϕ1ϕ2m_{12}^{2}\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\phi_{2} in 2HDM potential (Eq. (6)). However new interactions in Eq. (5) are allowed with coupling κ41,42\kappa_{41,42} which play significant role in generation of neutrino mass, as we will show later. The 𝒵4\mathcal{Z}_{4} symmetry is broken spontaneously as the doublet fields ϕ1\phi_{1}, ϕ2\phi_{2} acquires VEVs. However, triplet fields in the potential expression of Eq. (5) preserves the 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry (TTT\rightarrow-T and ΔΔ\Delta\rightarrow-\Delta following Table 1) and does not acquire any VEV. Therefore, this remnant 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry provides feasible candidates for dark matter arising from the mixing between neutral components of triplet fields in the model. After spontaneous breaking of symmetry we get new physical scalar in visible 2HDM sector and a dark sector originating from triplet scalars. The neutral scalar particles and singly charged particles of the triplets TT and Δ\Delta mix with each other and provides two neutral physical scalars and two physical charged scalars in dark sector. However, since the VEV of Δ\Delta field is zero due to the residual symmetry 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2}, the neutrino mass is vanishing at tree level in the model. This issue can be resolved by the newly added vector-like fermions which also respects the unbroken 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry.

Gauge invariant Yukawa interactions of the fermions with triplet scalars in the present framework are given as

=MΣΣ¯LΣR+yL¯Lciτ2ΔΣL+λL¯LTΣR+h.c..\mathcal{L}=M_{\Sigma}\bar{\Sigma}_{L}\Sigma_{R}+y\bar{L}_{L}^{c}i\tau_{2}\Delta\Sigma_{L}+\lambda\bar{L}_{L}T\Sigma_{R}+\text{h.c.}\,\,. (7)

We will later show that these new interaction terms provide necessary ingredients to radiatively generate neutrino masses in one-loop.

Scalar Sector

After spontaneous symmetry breaking, Higgs fields ϕ1\phi_{1} and ϕ2\phi_{2} acquire vacuum expectation values v1v_{1} and v2v_{2}, such that v=v12+v22=246v=\sqrt{v_{1}^{2}+v_{2}^{2}}=246 GeV. The visible sector is identical to 2HDM which contains two neutral physical scalars (h,H)(h,H), one pseudo-scalar particle AA and a pair of charged scalar H±H^{\pm}. Conditions for the minimization of the potential are

m112=λ1v12(λ3+λ4+λ5)v222,\displaystyle m_{11}^{2}=\frac{-\lambda_{1}v_{1}^{2}-(\lambda_{3}+\lambda_{4}+\lambda_{5})v_{2}^{2}}{2}\,\,,
m222=λ2v22(λ3+λ4+λ5)v122.\displaystyle m_{22}^{2}=\frac{-\lambda_{2}v_{2}^{2}-(\lambda_{3}+\lambda_{4}+\lambda_{5})v_{1}^{2}}{2}\,. (8)

Different couplings λi(i=1,,5)\lambda_{i}(i=1,...,5) are expressed in terms of physical masses mh,mH,mA,mH±m_{h},~{}m_{H},~{}m_{A},~{}m_{H^{\pm}} and parameters α,β\alpha,~{}\beta,

λ1\displaystyle\lambda_{1} =\displaystyle= 1v2cβ2(cα2mH2+sα2mh2),\displaystyle\frac{1}{v^{2}c^{2}_{\beta}}~{}\Big{(}c^{2}_{\alpha}m^{2}_{H}+s^{2}_{\alpha}m^{2}_{h}\Big{)}, (9)
λ2\displaystyle\lambda_{2} =\displaystyle= 1v2sβ2(sα2mH2+cα2mh2),\displaystyle\frac{1}{v^{2}s^{2}_{\beta}}~{}\Big{(}s^{2}_{\alpha}m^{2}_{H}+c^{2}_{\alpha}m^{2}_{h}\Big{)}, (10)
λ4\displaystyle\lambda_{4} =\displaystyle= 1v2(mA22mH+2),\displaystyle\frac{1}{v^{2}}~{}(m^{2}_{A}-2m^{2}_{H^{+}}), (11)
λ5\displaystyle\lambda_{5} =\displaystyle= mA2v2,\displaystyle-\frac{m^{2}_{A}}{v^{2}}, (12)
λ3\displaystyle\lambda_{3} =\displaystyle= 1v2sβcβ((mH2mh2)sαcα+mA2sβcβ)λ4,\displaystyle\frac{1}{v^{2}s_{\beta}c_{\beta}}\left((m^{2}_{H}-m^{2}_{h})s_{\alpha}c_{\alpha}+m^{2}_{A}s_{\beta}c_{\beta}\right)-\lambda_{4}\,, (13)

where we denote sα,β=sinα,sinβ,cα,β=cosα,cosβs_{\alpha,\beta}=\sin{\alpha},\sin{\beta},~{}c_{\alpha,\beta}=\cos{\alpha},\cos{\beta}, with tanβ=v2/v1\tan{\beta}=v_{2}/v_{1}. Here mh=125m_{h}=125 GeV is the mass of SM Higgs and mHm_{H} is denoted as the mass of heavy Higgs boson. After the SSB, the scalar fields TT and Δ\Delta acquire zero VEVs which resemble an unbroken residual 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry. Therefore, the scalar fields TT and Δ\Delta are inert in nature. Mass terms for different inert scalar particles are given as follows

mT02\displaystyle m_{T^{0}}^{2} =\displaystyle= MT2+12κ31v12+12κ32v22=mT+2,\displaystyle M_{T}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}\kappa_{31}v_{1}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}\kappa_{32}v_{2}^{2}=m_{T^{+}}^{2}\,,
mD02\displaystyle m_{D^{0}}^{2} =\displaystyle= MΔ2+12(κ11+κ21)v12+12(κ12+κ22)v22=mA02,\displaystyle M_{\Delta}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}(\kappa_{11}+\kappa_{21})v_{1}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}(\kappa_{12}+\kappa_{22})v_{2}^{2}=m_{A^{0}}^{2}\,,
mD++2\displaystyle m_{D^{++}}^{2} =\displaystyle= MΔ2+12κ11v12+12κ12v22,\displaystyle M_{\Delta}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}\kappa_{11}v_{1}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}\kappa_{12}v_{2}^{2}\,,
mD+2\displaystyle m_{D^{+}}^{2} =\displaystyle= MΔ2+12(κ11+12κ21)v12+12(κ12+12κ22)v22,\displaystyle M_{\Delta}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}(\kappa_{11}+\frac{1}{2}\kappa_{21})v_{1}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}(\kappa_{12}+\frac{1}{2}\kappa_{22})v_{2}^{2}\,,
mTD2\displaystyle m_{TD}^{2} =\displaystyle= (κ41v1v22+κ42v1v22),\displaystyle-\left(\frac{\kappa_{41}v_{1}v_{2}}{2}+\frac{\kappa_{42}v_{1}v_{2}}{2}\right)\,,
mT+D+2\displaystyle m_{T^{+}D^{+}}^{2} =\displaystyle= κ41v1v222+κ42v1v222.\displaystyle\frac{\kappa_{41}v_{1}v_{2}}{2\sqrt{2}}+\frac{\kappa_{42}v_{1}v_{2}}{2\sqrt{2}}\,. (14)

The mass of inert pseudo-scalar is denoted as mA0m_{A^{0}} and mD++m_{D^{++}} is the mass of doubly charged scalar. Neutral parts of both the triplets mix with each other resulting two new physical neutral scalars S1,2S_{1,2} and the mass matrix is given as

Mneutral2=(mT02mTD2mTD2mD02).\displaystyle M_{neutral}^{2}=\left(\begin{array}[]{cc}m_{T^{0}}^{2}&m_{TD}^{2}\\ m_{TD}^{2}&m_{D^{0}}^{2}\end{array}\right).{} (15)

We define a mixing angle γ\gamma between these two inert scalar fields such that

S1=T0cosγDr0sinγ,\displaystyle S_{1}=T^{0}~{}\cos\gamma-D_{r}^{0}~{}\sin\gamma\,,
S2=T0sinγ+Dr0cosγ.\displaystyle S_{2}=T^{0}~{}\sin\gamma+D_{r}^{0}~{}\cos\gamma\,. (16)

Masses of new physical scalars are expressed as

mS1/S22=mT02+mD022mD02mT0221+x2,m^{2}_{S_{1}/S_{2}}=\frac{m_{T^{0}}^{2}+m_{D^{0}}^{2}}{2}\mp\frac{m_{D^{0}}^{2}-m_{T^{0}}^{2}}{2}\sqrt{1+x^{2}}, (17)

where x=tan2γ=2mTD2(mD02mT02)x=\tan 2\gamma=\frac{2m_{TD}^{2}}{(m_{D^{0}}^{2}-m_{T^{0}}^{2})}. Similarly, the charged parts also mix with each other and provides two physical charged scalars S1,2+S_{1,2}^{+}. The mass matrix for the charged scalars is

Mcharged2=(mT+2mT+D+2mT+D+2mD+2).\displaystyle M_{charged}^{2}=\left(\begin{array}[]{cc}m_{T^{+}}^{2}&m_{T^{+}D^{+}}^{2}\\ m_{T^{+}D^{+}}^{2}&m_{D^{+}}^{2}\end{array}\right).{} (18)

Defining a new mixing angle δ\delta, we write physical charged scalars as

S1+=T+cosδD+sinδ,\displaystyle S_{1}^{+}=T^{+}~{}\cos\delta-D^{+}~{}\sin\delta\,,
S2+=T+sinδ+D+cosδ.\displaystyle S_{2}^{+}=T^{+}~{}\sin\delta+D^{+}~{}\cos\delta\,. (19)

Masses of physical charged scalars are

mS1+/S2+2=mT+2+mD+22mD+2mT+221+y2,m^{2}_{S_{1}^{+}/S_{2}^{+}}=\frac{m_{T^{+}}^{2}+m_{D^{+}}^{2}}{2}\mp\frac{m_{D^{+}}^{2}-m_{T^{+}}^{2}}{2}\sqrt{1+y^{2}}, (20)

with y=tan2δ=2mT+D+2(mD+2mT+2)y=\tan 2\delta=\frac{2m_{T^{+}D^{+}}^{2}}{(m_{D^{+}}^{2}-m_{T^{+}}^{2})}.

Vacuum stability

We adopt the criteria of copositivity of symmetric matrices to get the conditions of vacuum stability Chakrabortty:2013mha . Only the quartic terms in the potential should be considered, since these terms dominate at large field value. It is to be noted that vacuum stability conditions don’t give any constraints to couplings κ41\kappa_{41} and κ42\kappa_{42}. This is because we can make these couplings positive by applying a phase rotation of a field or field redefinition. We parameterize the fields as,

ϕ1ϕ1=|h1|2ϕ2ϕ2=|h2|2ΔΔ=|δ|2TT=|t|2ϕ1ϕ2=f|h1||h2|eiθ1ΔT=g|δ||t|eiθ2Δϕ1=m|δ||ϕ1|eiθ3Δϕ2=n|δ||ϕ2|eiθ4\begin{split}&\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\phi_{1}=|h_{1}|^{2}\qquad\phi_{2}^{\dagger}\phi_{2}=|h_{2}|^{2}\qquad\Delta^{\dagger}\Delta=|\delta|^{2}\qquad T^{\dagger}T=|t|^{2}\qquad\phi_{1}^{\dagger}\phi_{2}=f|h_{1}||h_{2}|e^{i\theta_{1}}\\ &\Delta^{\dagger}T=g|\delta||t|e^{i\theta_{2}}\qquad\Delta^{\dagger}\phi_{1}=m|\delta||\phi_{1}|e^{i\theta_{3}}\qquad\Delta^{\dagger}\phi_{2}=n|\delta||\phi_{2}|e^{i\theta_{4}}\end{split} (21)

where f,g,m,n[0,1]f,g,m,n\in[0,1]. According to the definition above, considering the quartic terms out and ignoring κ41\kappa_{41} and κ42\kappa_{42} terms, the potential of Eq. (5) can be expressed as

V(h1,h2,δ,t)=λ12h14+λ22h24+λ3h12h22+λ4ρ2h12h22+λ52f2cos2θ1h12h22+(ρ1+ρ2)δ4+ρ3t4+(ρ4+ρ5g2)δ2t2+(κ11+κ21m2)δ2h12+κ312t2h12+(κ11+κ22n2)δ2h22+κ322t2h22\begin{split}V(h_{1},h_{2},\delta,t)=&\frac{\lambda_{1}}{2}h_{1}^{4}+\frac{\lambda_{2}}{2}h_{2}^{4}+\lambda_{3}\,h_{1}^{2}h_{2}^{2}+\lambda_{4}\,\rho^{2}h_{1}^{2}h_{2}^{2}+\frac{\lambda_{5}}{2}f^{2}\,\cos 2\theta_{1}\,h_{1}^{2}h_{2}^{2}+(\rho_{1}+\rho_{2})\,\delta^{4}\\ &+\rho_{3}\,t^{4}+(\rho_{4}+\rho_{5}\,g^{2})\delta^{2}t^{2}+(\kappa_{11}+\kappa_{21}m^{2})\delta^{2}h_{1}^{2}+\frac{\kappa_{31}}{2}t^{2}h_{1}^{2}\\ &+(\kappa_{11}+\kappa_{22}n^{2})\delta^{2}h_{2}^{2}+\frac{\kappa_{32}}{2}t^{2}h_{2}^{2}\end{split} (22)

The symmetric matrix of quartic couplings can be represented in basis (h12,h22,δ2,t2)(h_{1}^{2},h_{2}^{2},\delta^{2},t^{2}) as

M=(12λ112λ34512(κ11+m2κ21)14κ3112λ212(κ12+n2κ22)14κ32ρ1+ρ212(ρ4+g2ρ5)ρ3)M=\begin{pmatrix}\frac{1}{2}\lambda_{1}&\frac{1}{2}\lambda_{345}&\frac{1}{2}\left(\kappa_{11}+m^{2}\kappa_{21}\right)&\frac{1}{4}\kappa_{31}\\ &\frac{1}{2}\lambda_{2}&\frac{1}{2}\left(\kappa_{12}+n^{2}\kappa_{22}\right)&\frac{1}{4}\kappa_{32}\\ &&\rho_{1}+\rho_{2}&\frac{1}{2}\left(\rho_{4}+g^{2}\rho_{5}\right)\\ &&&\rho_{3}\\ \end{pmatrix} (23)

where λ345=λ3+f2(λ4|λ5|)\lambda_{345}=\lambda_{3}+f^{2}(\lambda_{4}-|\lambda_{5}|). If (λ4|λ5|)0(\lambda_{4}-|\lambda_{5}|)\geq 0, the minimum of the potential is obtained for f=0f=0, whereas for (λ4|λ5|)<0(\lambda_{4}-|\lambda_{5}|)<0 the minimum obtained assuming f=1f=1. Similar convention can be employed to parameters g,m,ng,m,n to apply the copositivity criteria upon the matrix MM. Copositive conditions for which vacuum of the scalar potential in Eq. (22) becomes stable are:

λ10,λ20,ρ1+ρ20,ρ30,κ11+κ21+2λ1(ρ1+ρ2)0,κ11+2λ1(ρ1+ρ2)0,κ12+κ22+2λ1(ρ1+ρ2)0,κ12+2λ1(ρ1+ρ2)0,λ3+λ4|λ5|+λ1λ20,λ3+λ1λ20,8λ1ρ3κ3120,8λ2ρ3κ3220,8(λ3+λ4|λ5|)ρ3κ31κ32+2(8λ1ρ3κ312)(8λ2ρ3κ322)0,8λ3ρ3κ31κ32+2(8λ1ρ3κ312)(8λ2ρ3κ322)0,\begin{split}&\lambda_{1}\geq 0,\quad\lambda_{2}\geq 0,\quad\rho_{1}+\rho_{2}\geq 0,\quad\rho_{3}\geq 0,\\ &\kappa_{11}+\kappa_{21}+\sqrt{2\lambda_{1}(\rho_{1}+\rho_{2})}\geq 0,\\ &\kappa_{11}+\sqrt{2\lambda_{1}(\rho_{1}+\rho_{2})}\geq 0,\\ &\kappa_{12}+\kappa_{22}+\sqrt{2\lambda_{1}(\rho_{1}+\rho_{2})}\geq 0,\\ &\kappa_{12}+\sqrt{2\lambda_{1}(\rho_{1}+\rho_{2})}\geq 0,\\ &\lambda_{3}+\lambda_{4}-|\lambda_{5}|+\sqrt{\lambda_{1}\lambda_{2}}\geq 0,\\ &\lambda_{3}+\sqrt{\lambda_{1}\lambda_{2}}\geq 0,\\ &8\lambda_{1}\rho_{3}-\kappa_{31}^{2}\geq 0,\\ &8\lambda_{2}\rho_{3}-\kappa_{32}^{2}\geq 0,\\ &8(\lambda_{3}+\lambda_{4}-|\lambda_{5}|)\rho_{3}-\kappa_{31}\kappa_{32}+2\sqrt{(8\lambda_{1}\rho_{3}-\kappa_{31}^{2})(8\lambda_{2}\rho_{3}-\kappa_{32}^{2})}\geq 0,\\ &8\lambda_{3}\rho_{3}-\kappa_{31}\kappa_{32}+2\sqrt{(8\lambda_{1}\rho_{3}-\kappa_{31}^{2})(8\lambda_{2}\rho_{3}-\kappa_{32}^{2})}\geq 0,\end{split} (24)

where we used a theorem of copositivity criteria to get copositive matrix conditions PING1993109 . The conditions mentioned above are derived assuming ρ40\rho_{4}\geq 0 and ρ50\rho_{5}\geq 0.

In addition, scalar and fermion couplings must also remain within the perturbative limit for which following conditions must be satisfied

λi,κ1i,2i,3i,4i,ρi<4π,λ,y<4π.\displaystyle\lambda_{i},\kappa_{1i,2i,3i,4i},\rho_{i}<4\pi,\hskip 14.22636pt\lambda,y<\sqrt{4\pi}\,. (25)

Neutrino mass

ϕ2\phi_{2}ϕ1\phi_{1}×\timesν\nuΣR\Sigma_{R}ΣL\Sigma_{L}ν\nuΔ\DeltaTT
Figure 1: One-loop neutrino mass in sGM model.

The neutrino masses are generated via one-loop diagram as shown in Fig. 1. The Yukawa interaction terms in Eq. (7) and scalar terms with κ41\kappa_{41} and κ42\kappa_{42} appearing in Eq. (5) are responsible for generation of light neutrino mass. The 𝒵4\mathcal{Z}_{4} symmetry in the model assures that two different scalar doublets are necessary in order to generate tiny neutrino mass in one-loop.

×\timesν\nuΣk\Sigma_{k}ν\nuS1,2/S1,2+S_{1,2}/S_{1,2}^{+}
Figure 2: Neutrino mass from self energy diagrams.

Neutrino mass in the present model can further be realized as self-energy corrections. However, there will be contributions from two different diagrams involving neutral scalars and charged scalars as shown in Fig. 2. The expression of neutrino mass is given as

(ν)ij\displaystyle({\cal M}_{\nu})_{ij} =\displaystyle= cosγsinγk=13[yikλjk+λikyjk]32π2MΣk[mS12mS12MΣk2lnmS12MΣk2mS22mS22MΣk2lnmS22MΣk2]\displaystyle\cos\gamma\sin\gamma\sum_{k=1}^{3}{[y_{ik}\lambda_{jk}+\lambda_{ik}y_{jk}]\over 32\pi^{2}}M_{\Sigma_{k}}\left[{m_{S_{1}}^{2}\over m_{S_{1}}^{2}-M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}\ln{m_{S_{1}}^{2}\over M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}-{m_{S_{2}}^{2}\over m_{S_{2}}^{2}-M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}\ln{m_{S_{2}}^{2}\over M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}\right] (26)
cosδsinδk=13[yikλjk+λikyjk]32π2MΣk[mS1+2mS1+2MΣk2lnmS1+2MΣk2mS2+2mS2+2MΣk2lnmS2+2MΣk2].\displaystyle-\cos\delta\sin\delta\sum_{k=1}^{3}{[y_{ik}\lambda_{jk}+\lambda_{ik}y_{jk}]\over 32\pi^{2}}M_{\Sigma_{k}}\left[{m_{S_{1}^{+}}^{2}\over m_{S_{1}^{+}}^{2}-M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}\ln{m_{S_{1}^{+}}^{2}\over M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}-{m_{S_{2}^{+}}^{2}\over m_{S_{2}^{+}}^{2}-M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}\ln{m_{S_{2}^{+}}^{2}\over M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}\right]\ .

It is to be noted that, in the present scenario if the mixing angle between neutral physical scalar sinγ0\sin\gamma\rightarrow 0, then mixing angle between charged scalars (sinδ\sin\delta) also becomes zero. The conditions for which those mixing angles become zero are

κ41=κ42=0,κ41=κ42.\kappa_{41}=\kappa_{42}=0\,,\hskip 14.22636pt\kappa_{41}=-\kappa_{42}\,. (27)

Therefore, in order to generate tiny neutrino mass one must have κ41,420\kappa_{41,42}\neq 0 and κ41κ42\kappa_{41}\neq-\kappa_{42}.

We consider vector fermions to be much heavier than scalar particles MΣmS1,2,mS1,2+M_{\Sigma}\gg m_{S_{1,2}},m_{S_{1,2}^{+}}, and further assume mS12mS22{m_{S_{1}}^{2}}\simeq{m_{S_{2}}^{2}}, mS1+2mS2+2{m_{S_{1}^{+}}^{2}}\simeq{m_{S_{2}^{+}}^{2}}. With the above simplified choice, following Eqs. (14), (17) and Eq. (20) we can rewrite the neutrino mass matrix elements as

(ν)ij\displaystyle({\cal M}_{\nu})_{ij} =\displaystyle= (κ41+κ422)v1v2[k=13[yikλjk+λikyjk]32π21MΣklnmS12MΣk2+k=13[yikλjk+λikyjk]32π212MΣklnmS1+2MΣk2].\displaystyle\left(\frac{\kappa_{41}+\kappa_{42}}{2}\right)v_{1}v_{2}\left[\sum_{k=1}^{3}{[y_{ik}\lambda_{jk}+\lambda_{ik}y_{jk}]\over 32\pi^{2}}\frac{1}{M_{\Sigma_{k}}}\ln{m_{S_{1}}^{2}\over M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}+\sum_{k=1}^{3}{[y_{ik}\lambda_{jk}+\lambda_{ik}y_{jk}]\over 32\pi^{2}}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}M_{\Sigma_{k}}}\ln{m_{S_{1}^{+}}^{2}\over M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}\right]\ . (28)

Therefore, from Eq. (28), one can realize seesaw like radiative neutrino mass expressed as

ν\displaystyle{\cal M}_{\nu} =\displaystyle= (2+2)(κ41+κ42)v1v2128π2(yζ1λT+λζ1yT),\displaystyle\frac{(2+\sqrt{2})(\kappa_{41}+\kappa_{42})v_{1}v_{2}}{128\pi^{2}}(y\zeta^{-1}\lambda^{T}+\lambda\zeta^{-1}y^{T})\,, (29)

where we assumed that the mass matrix of vector fermion ζ=diag{ζ1,ζ2,ζ3}\zeta={\rm diag}\{\zeta_{1},\zeta_{2},\zeta_{3}\} and the diagonal matrix elements are given as

ζiMΣi[lnmS12MΣi2]1=MΣi[lnmS1+2MΣi2]1.\zeta_{i}\equiv M_{\Sigma_{i}}\left[\ln{m_{S_{1}}^{2}\over M_{\Sigma_{i}}^{2}}\right]^{-1}=M_{\Sigma_{i}}\left[\ln{m_{S_{1}^{+}}^{2}\over M_{\Sigma_{i}}^{2}}\right]^{-1}\,. (30)

Therefore, if one considers (κ41+κ42)𝒪(1)(\kappa_{41}+\kappa_{42})\sim\mathcal{O}(1), yλ𝒪(102)y\sim\lambda\simeq\mathcal{O}(10^{-2}), tanβ1\tan\beta\sim 1 and MΣ𝒪(1010)M_{\Sigma}\sim\mathcal{O}(10^{10}) GeV, we get neutrino mass scale at mν𝒪(0.05)m_{\nu}\simeq\mathcal{O}(0.05) eV for TeV scale triplets in sGM framework. The order of Yukawa coupling also controls parameters significant for the process of leptogenesis which will be discussed later. The mass matrix ν{\mathcal{M}}_{\nu} can be diagonalized by Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) matrix UU

ν=U^νU{{\mathcal{M}}_{\nu}}=U^{*}\cdot\hat{\mathcal{M}}_{\nu}\cdot U^{\dagger} (31)

where ^ν=diag(m1,m2,m3)\hat{\mathcal{M}}_{\nu}={\rm{diag}}(m_{1},m_{2},m_{3}).

Theory and Phenomenology of the sGM model

Electroweak precision test observables

We consider the generalised form of GM model (Eq. (5)) since it is well known that custodial symmetry in GM model is broken at the one-loop level by hypercharge interactions Gunion:1990dt ; Blasi:2017xmc ; Keeshan:2018ypw . After symmetries of the scalar potential breaks of spontaneously, 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry is partially conserved by triplet scalars and both Y=0Y=0 and Y=1Y=1 triplet fields remain inert. At this stage (after SSB), Higgs doublets and new inert triplets doesn’t have any impact on ρ\rho parameter and ρ=1\rho=1 is satisfied at tree level. However, one-loop corrections parameter to ρ\rho parameter must be taken into account which can also be obtained in terms of T¯=αT=Δρ{\bar{T}}=\alpha T=\Delta\rho due to new scalars and fermions. Firstly, let us consider the contribution from new fermions within the model. For a single generation of vector doublet fermions, there will be new contribution to T¯{\bar{T}} parameter which is given as Cynolter:2008ea

T¯VLF=g228π2mW2Π(m1,m2),\displaystyle\begin{split}{\bar{T}}^{\rm VLF}=-\frac{g_{2}^{2}}{8\pi^{2}m_{W}^{2}}~{}\Pi(m_{1},m_{2})\,,\end{split} (32)

where

Π(m1,m2)=12(m12+m22)(div+log(μEW2m1m2))+m1m2(div+(m12+m22)log(m22m12)2(m12m22)+log(μEW2m1m2)+1)14(m12+m22)(m14+m24)log(m22m12)4(m12m22).\displaystyle\begin{split}\Pi(m_{1},m_{2})&=-\frac{1}{2}\left(m_{1}^{2}+m_{2}^{2}\right)\left(\text{div}+\log\left(\frac{\mu_{EW}^{2}}{m_{1}m_{2}}\right)\right)\\ &+m_{1}m_{2}\left(\text{div}+\frac{\left(m_{1}^{2}+m_{2}^{2}\right)\log\left(\frac{m_{2}^{2}}{m_{1}^{2}}\right)}{2\left(m_{1}^{2}-m_{2}^{2}\right)}+\log\left(\frac{\mu_{EW}^{2}}{m_{1}m_{2}}\right)+1\right)\\ &-\frac{1}{4}\left(m_{1}^{2}+m_{2}^{2}\right)-\frac{\left(m_{1}^{4}+m_{2}^{4}\right)\log\left(\frac{m_{2}^{2}}{m_{1}^{2}}\right)}{4\left(m_{1}^{2}-m_{2}^{2}\right)}\,.\end{split} (33)

In the present work we include three vector fermion doublets. However, since vector fermions do not mix with each other and mass of charged and neutral fermions are degenerate (i.e.; MΣ+=MΣ0=MΣM_{\Sigma^{+}}=M_{\Sigma^{0}}=M_{\Sigma} for a single generation), the contribution T¯VLF=0{\bar{T}}^{\rm VLF}=0.

Let us now discuss how electroweak precision observables modify in presence of new scalars. In case of 2HDM within alignment limit (βα)=π/2(\beta-\alpha)=\pi/2, contribution to T¯{\bar{T}} parameter reads as  He:2001tp ; Grimus:2007if ; Grimus:2008nb

T¯2HDM=g2264π2mW2(ξ(mH±2,mA2)+ξ(mH±2,mH2)ξ(mA2,mH2)),\displaystyle{\bar{T}}^{\rm 2HDM}=\frac{g_{2}^{2}}{64\pi^{2}m_{W}^{2}}\left(\xi\left(m_{H^{\pm}}^{2},m_{A}^{2}\right)+\xi\left(m_{H^{\pm}}^{2},m_{H}^{2}\right)-\xi\left(m_{A}^{2},m_{H}^{2}\right)\right), (34)

where

ξ(x,y)={x+y2xyxyln(xy),if xy.0,if x=y.\displaystyle\xi\left(x,y\right)=\begin{cases}\frac{x+y}{2}-\frac{xy}{x-y}\ln\left(\frac{x}{y}\right),&\text{if $x\neq y$}.\\ 0,&\text{if $x=y$}.\\ \end{cases} (35)

From Eq. (34), it can be concluded that T¯2HDM{\bar{T}}^{\rm 2HDM} vanishes for mA=mH±m_{A}=m_{H^{\pm}} or mH=mH±m_{H}=m_{H^{\pm}}. Therefore, if one considers above conditions, new contribution to T¯{\bar{T}} parameter will arise from triplet scalar fields TT and Δ\Delta only. It is to noted that, in the present formalism there exists mixing between neutral and charged components of the triplet fields, which must be taken into account to calculate T¯{\bar{T}}. Considering the effects of mixing, additional contribution to T¯{\bar{T}} parameter is

T¯new=g2264π2mW2(sδ2ξ(mD±±2,mS1±2)+cδ2ξ(mD±±2,mS2±2)+(cδsγ/2+cγsδ)2ξ(mS2±2,mS12)\displaystyle{\bar{T}^{new}}=\frac{g_{2}^{2}}{64\pi^{2}m_{W}^{2}}\Big{(}s_{\delta}^{2}\xi(m_{D^{\pm\pm}}^{2},m_{S_{1}^{\pm}}^{2})+c_{\delta}^{2}\xi(m_{D^{\pm\pm}}^{2},m_{S_{2}^{\pm}}^{2})+(c_{\delta}s_{\gamma}/\sqrt{2}+c_{\gamma}s_{\delta})^{2}\xi(m_{S_{2}^{\pm}}^{2},m_{S_{1}}^{2})
+(cδcγ/2sγsδ)2ξ(mS2±2,mS22)+(sδsγ/2cγcδ)2ξ(mS1±2,mS12)\displaystyle+(c_{\delta}c_{\gamma}/\sqrt{2}-s_{\gamma}s_{\delta})^{2}\xi(m_{S_{2}^{\pm}}^{2},m_{S_{2}}^{2})+(s_{\delta}s_{\gamma}/\sqrt{2}-c_{\gamma}c_{\delta})^{2}\xi(m_{S_{1}^{\pm}}^{2},m_{S_{1}}^{2})
+(sδcγ/2+sγcδ)2ξ(mS22,mS1±2)+sδ2ξ(mS1±2,mA02)/2+cδ2ξ(mS2±2,mA02)/2\displaystyle+(s_{\delta}c_{\gamma}/\sqrt{2}+s_{\gamma}c_{\delta})^{2}\xi(m_{S_{2}}^{2},m_{S_{1}^{\pm}}^{2})+s_{\delta}^{2}\xi(m_{S_{1}^{\pm}}^{2},m_{A^{0}}^{2})/2+c_{\delta}^{2}\xi(m_{S_{2}^{\pm}}^{2},m_{A^{0}}^{2})/2
2sδ2cδ2ξ(mS2±2,mS1±2)cγ2ξ(mS22,mA02)sγ2ξ(mS12,mA02)).\displaystyle-2s_{\delta}^{2}c_{\delta}^{2}\xi(m_{S_{2}^{\pm}}^{2},m_{S_{1}^{\pm}}^{2})-c_{\gamma}^{2}\xi(m_{S_{2}}^{2},m_{A^{0}}^{2})-s_{\gamma}^{2}\xi(m_{S_{1}}^{2},m_{A^{0}}^{2})\Big{)}\,. (36)

In the above Eq. (36), sθ=sinθs_{\theta}=\sin\theta and cθ=cosθc_{\theta}=\cos\theta where θ=γ,δ\theta=\gamma,~{}\delta. Using the above expression, bounds on the mixing angles or mass splittings between scalar particles can be obtained in the present model. We use the value T=T¯newα=0.07±0.12T=\frac{\bar{T}^{new}}{\alpha}=0.07\pm 0.12 PhysRevD.98.030001 to constrain the model parameter space.

Collider bounds

In this section, we briefly discuss collider constraints on different visible and dark sector particles of the model. LEP excludes a new charged scalar of mass less than 80 GeV from charged scalar decay into cscs and ντ\nu\tau final state Abbiendi:2013hk . Similarly bound on charged fermion mass is 101.2 GeV Abdallah:2003xe ; Achard:2001qw from the decay of charged fermion into νW±\nu W^{\pm} final state. Let us now consider the bounds obtained from LHC. In the present model we have singly charged scalars S1,2±S_{1,2}^{\pm} and one doubly charged scalar D±±D^{\pm\pm} in dark sector. These particles can contribute to the Higgs to diphoton decay process. The decay rate for the process hγγh\rightarrow\gamma\gamma is given as

Γ(hγγ)\displaystyle\Gamma(h\rightarrow\gamma\gamma) =\displaystyle= α2GFmh31282π3|fNcQf2ghff¯A1/2h(τf)+ghW+WA1h(τW)+λhH±Hv2mH±2A0h(τH±)\displaystyle\frac{\alpha^{2}G_{F}m_{h}^{3}}{128\sqrt{2}\pi^{3}}\bigg{|}\sum_{f}N_{c}Q_{f}^{2}g_{hf\bar{f}}A^{h}_{1/2}(\tau_{f})+g_{hW^{+}W^{-}}A^{h}_{1}(\tau_{W})+\frac{\lambda_{hH^{\pm}\,H^{\mp}}v}{2m^{2}_{H^{\pm}}}A^{h}_{0}(\tau_{H^{\pm}}) (37)
+λhS1±S1v2mS1±2A0h(τS1±)+λhS2±S2v2mS2±2A0h(τS2±)+4λhD±±Dv2mD±±2A0h(τD±±)|2.\displaystyle\hskip 42.67912pt+\frac{\lambda_{hS_{1}^{\pm}\,S_{1}^{\mp}}v}{2m^{2}_{S_{1}^{\pm}}}A^{h}_{0}(\tau_{S_{1}^{\pm}})+\frac{\lambda_{hS_{2}^{\pm}\,S_{2}^{\mp}}v}{2m^{2}_{S_{2}^{\pm}}}A^{h}_{0}(\tau_{S_{2}^{\pm}})+4{\frac{\lambda_{hD^{\pm\pm}D^{\mp\mp}}v}{2m^{2}_{D^{\pm\pm}}}A^{h}_{0}(\tau_{D^{\pm\pm}})}\bigg{|}^{2}\,.

Here GFG_{F} is the Fermi coupling constant, α\alpha is the fine-structure constant, Nc=3(1)N_{c}=3(1) for quarks (leptons), QfQ_{f} is the electric charge of the fermion in the loop, and τi=mh2/4mi2(i=f,W,S1±,H±,S2±,D±±)\tau_{i}=m_{h}^{2}/4m_{i}^{2}~{}(i=f,W,S_{1}^{\pm},H^{\pm},S_{2}^{\pm},D^{\pm\pm}). Couplings of SM Higgs hh with different charged scalars in Eq. (37) are listed in Appendix. The relevant loop functions are given by

A1/2h(τ)\displaystyle A^{h}_{1/2}(\tau) =\displaystyle= 2[τ+(τ1)f(τ)]τ2,\displaystyle 2\left[\tau+(\tau-1)f(\tau)\right]\tau^{-2}, (38)
A1h(τ)\displaystyle A^{h}_{1}(\tau) =\displaystyle= [2τ2+3τ+3(2τ1)f(τ)]τ2,\displaystyle-\left[2\tau^{2}+3\tau+3(2\tau-1)f(\tau)\right]\tau^{-2}, (39)
A0h(τ)\displaystyle A^{h}_{0}(\tau) =\displaystyle= [τf(τ)]τ2,\displaystyle-[\tau-f(\tau)]\tau^{-2}\,, (40)

and the function f(τ)f(\tau) is given by

f(τ)={[sin1(τ)]2,(τ1),14[log(1+1τ111τ1)iπ]2,(τ>1).\displaystyle f(\tau)=\left\{\begin{array}[]{ll}\displaystyle\left[\sin^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\tau}\right)\right]^{2},&(\tau\leq 1),\\ \displaystyle-\frac{1}{4}\left[\log\left(\frac{1+\sqrt{1-\tau^{-1}}}{1-\sqrt{1-\tau^{-1}}}\right)-i\pi\right]^{2},&(\tau>1)\,.\end{array}\right. (43)

One can calculate the quantity called signal strength RγγR_{\gamma\gamma} given as

Rγγ=σ(pph)σ(pph)SMBr(hγγ)Br(hγγ)SM\displaystyle R_{\gamma\gamma}=\frac{\sigma(pp\rightarrow h)}{\sigma(pp\rightarrow h)^{\rm SM}}\frac{Br(h\rightarrow\gamma\gamma)}{Br(h\rightarrow\gamma\gamma)^{\rm SM}} (44)

Using the latest and future constraints from LHC on the RγγR_{\gamma\gamma} signal strength Aaboud:2018xdt ; Sirunyan:2018koj , masses of charged particles in our model can be constrained. It is to be noted that for heavier masses of charged inert scalar particles with mass around TeV, one can safely work with 2HDM constraints. In the present framework, we consider only one Higgs doublet ϕ2\phi_{2} couples to the SM sector which resembles the standard type-I 2HDM. For type-I 2HDM, Higgs signal strength does not provide any limit on tanβ\tan\beta with alignment limit (βα)=π/2(\beta-\alpha)=\pi/2. However, deviation from the alignment limit puts stringent bound on tanβ\tan\beta for type-I 2HDM Arcadi:2018pfo ; Khachatryan:2014jba ; Aad:2015gba ; Bauer:2017fsw . Apart from Higgs signal strength measurement, the most stringent bound on charged scalar mass comes from flavor physics when the BXsγB\rightarrow X_{s}\gamma decay is taken into account Amhis:2016xyh ; Arbey:2017gmh . It is found that for all types of 2HDM including type-I 2HDM, inclusive decay bsγb\rightarrow s\gamma excludes charged Higgs mass below 650 GeV for tanβ<1\tan\beta<1  Arbey:2017gmh . Therefore, in the present framework, with the alignment limit (βα)=π/2(\beta-\alpha)={\pi}/{2}, we conservatively work with following conditions

mH=500GeV,mA=mH±=650GeV, 1tanβ10.m_{H}=500~{}{\rm GeV},~{}m_{A}=m_{H^{\pm}}=650~{}{\rm GeV},\,1\leq\tan\beta\leq 10\,. (45)

Dark Matter

As mentioned before, the lightest neutral scalar S1S_{1} or S2S_{2} can serve the role of dark matter candidate in the model. We implement the model in LanHEP-3.3.2 Semenov:2008jy and calculate relic density and direct detection of the dark matter using micrOMEGAs-4.3.5 Belanger:2001fz . We use the dark matter relic density observed by PLANCK Aghanim:2018eyx and constrain the model with the dark matter-nucleon scattering cross-section limits from direct search experiments XENON1T Aprile:2018dbl ; Aprile:2015uzo and PandaX-II Tan:2016zwf ; Cui:2017nnn .

κ41\kappa_{41} κ42\kappa_{42} κ21\kappa_{21} κ22\kappa_{22} DM candidate
- - + + S1S_{1}
- - - - S1S_{1}
+ + - - S2S_{2}
+ + + + Lightest inert particle is charged
Table 2: Combination of coupling parameters considered in the present work for the choice 0sinγ120\leq\sin\gamma\leq\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}.

Apart from 2HDM parameters (as in Eq. (45)), there are dark sector parameters in the model. We consider the following parameters to be independent parameters which constrain the dark sector in the present formalism which are given as

mS2,sinγ,κ1i,κ2i,κ3i,κ4i(i=1,2).m_{S_{2}},\,\sin\gamma,\,\kappa_{1i},\,\kappa_{2i},\,\kappa_{3i},\,\kappa_{4i}\,~{}(i=1,2). (46)

With the above choice of parameters the mixing between charged scalar particles (δ\delta) becomes a dependent parameter. Masses of other scalars in dark sector S1,S1,2±S_{1},~{}S_{1,2}^{\pm} and D±±D^{\pm\pm} are also obtained using these free parameters. Moreover, we consider the case where the mixing between the neutral scalar particles satisfy the following condition 0sinγ120\leq\sin\gamma\leq\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}. For simplicity we also work with the following condition κ11=κ12\kappa_{11}=\kappa_{12}, κ21=κ22\kappa_{21}=\kappa_{22}, κ31=κ32\kappa_{31}=\kappa_{32} and κ41=κ42(0)\kappa_{41}=\kappa_{42}~{}(\neq 0). With the above mentioned choice of scalar mixing, we consider a parameter space depending on the choice of κ4i\kappa_{4i} and κ2i(i=1,2)\kappa_{2i}\,(i=1,2) in order to obtain a viable DM candidate in our model. We tabulate how the choice of couplings determines whether DM is neutral or charged as shown in Table 2. It is to be noted that our conclusion in Table 2 is independent of the choice of couplings κ1i\kappa_{1i} and κ3i(i=1,2)\kappa_{3i}\,(i=1,2). Therefore, in the present work, we consider only six relevant parameters to explore DM phenomenology, are given as

mS2,sinγ,κ2i,κ4i(i=1,2).m_{S_{2}},\,\sin\gamma,\,\kappa_{2i},\,\kappa_{4i}\,~{}(i=1,2). (47)

As observed in Table 2, we exclude the case with κ21,22>0\kappa_{21,22}>0 and κ41,42>0\kappa_{41,42}>0 values. Therefore, we are left with two cases, I) neutral DM candidate is represented by S1S_{1} and II) DM is represented by S2S_{2}. We will discuss both the cases separately in details in this section.

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Figure 3: Allowed range of mass splitting plotted against mS2+m_{S_{2}^{+}} for different values of neutral scalar mixing angles with tanβ=1\tan\beta=1 (left panel) and tanβ=10\tan\beta=10 (right panel).

Before we discuss the DM phenomenology, we first consider the model parameter space in agreement with TT parameter results. We consider a set of parameters following Table 2, a) κ1i=κ2i=κ3i=0.05\kappa_{1i}=\kappa_{2i}=\kappa_{3i}=0.05 with κ4i\kappa_{4i} varying in the range of [0.5,0.05][-0.5,-0.05] and b) κ1i=κ2i=κ3i=0.05\kappa_{1i}=-\kappa_{2i}=\kappa_{3i}=0.05 with κ4i\kappa_{4i} varying in [0.05,0.5][0.05,0.5] (i=1,2i=1,2). The above choice of parameters corresponds to first (third) row of Table 2 resulting S1(S2)S_{1}~{}(S_{2}) as the DM candidate. Since TT parameter depends on the mass splitting, we observe that it is independent of the choice of sign of couplings mentioned in Table 2 and thus we ignore the second row of Table 2. We further consider two different values of neutral scalar mixing angle sinγ=0.1,0.5\sin\gamma=0.1,~{}0.5 and vary mass mS2m_{S_{2}} within the range 200 GeV to 2 TeV. With the above choice of parameters, one can easily derive masses of other dark sector particles and also the mixing angle δ\delta between charged particles. Using the bound on TT parameter, in Fig. 3(a) we plot the allowed range of mass splitting |Δm|=|mS2+mS1+||\Delta m|=|m_{S^{+}_{2}}-m_{S^{+}_{1}}| against mS2+m_{S_{2}^{+}} derived following Eq. (36) for tanβ=1\tan\beta=1. From Fig. 3(a), it can be easily stated that, larger values of mass splitting are allowed for smaller values of mixing angle. It is to be noted that for small mixing sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1, triplet scalars are almost decoupled from each other which allows larger mass splitting values compared to the case with larger mixing sinγ=0.5\sin\gamma=0.5. One can also notice that as the mass mS2+m_{S_{2}^{+}} is increased, mass difference of charged particles reduces and tends to become degenerate. Decrease in mass splitting enhances the possibility of co-annihilation of dark matter particles which can contribute to dark matter relic abundance. In, Fig. 3(b), we calculate the allowed range of parameter space for the same set of mixing angles sinγ\sin\gamma and couplings for tanβ=10\tan\beta=10. We observe that larger values of tanβ\tan\beta constraints the model parameter space significantly allowing lesser values of mass splitting in agreement with the bound on TT parameter. This is intriguing because of the fact that mass splitting between particles depends on both v1v_{1} and v2v_{2} vacuum expectation values.

Case:I, S1S_{1} dark matter

In this section we study DM phenomenology for the case when DM is represented by S1S_{1} candidate and resembles the T0T^{0} candidate of Y=0Y=0 triplet. We work with the conditions set by Table 2 for this purpose.

  • Effects of sinγ\sin\gamma

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Figure 4: Left panel: Variation of DM mass with relic abundance for different values of mixing angle γ\gamma (see text for details). Right panel: DM mass plotted against direct detection cross-section for the same set of parameters. (For interpretation of the colors in the figure(s), the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

In Fig. 4(a), we show the variation of DM relic density with mass of DM for three different values of sinγ=(0.1,0.3,0.5)\sin\gamma=(0.1\,,0.3\,,0.5). Fig. 4(a) is plotted for tanβ=1\tan\beta=1, κ1i=κ2i=κ3i=0.05\kappa_{1i}=\kappa_{2i}=\kappa_{3i}=0.05 and κ4i=0.05\kappa_{4i}=-0.05 where i=1,2i=1,2. In Fig. 4(b) the variation of dark matter direct detection against DM mass is depicted for same set of parameters and compares with the experimental bounds on DM-nucleon scattering cross-section with PandaX-II and XENON1T. It can be observed that changes in the mixing angle sinγ\sin\gamma does not affect DM relic density very much and a 1.2 TeV dark matter candidate is in agreement with the relic density bound from PLANCK (red horizontal lines in left panel of Fig. 4). However, with increase in the mixing angle, the DM direct detection cross-section tends to decreases considerably. Therefore, large mixing angle sinγ\sin\gamma is favorable for a viable DM candidate in the present framework.

  • Effects of tanβ\tan\beta

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Figure 5: Left panel: DM mass vs relic density for different tanβ\tan\beta. Right panel: DM mass vs direct detection cross-section plotted with same set of tanβ\tan\beta values. See text for details.

In Fig. 5, we repeat the results for dark matter with same set of coupling parameters as used in case of Fig. 4 for different values of tanβ=(1,5,10)\tan\beta=(1\,,5\,,10) with scalar mixing fixed at sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1. We observe in Fig. 5(a) that for different values of tanβ\tan\beta, DM relic abundance does not change significantly with DM mass. However, DM-nucleon scattering cross-section increases with larger tanβ\tan\beta values as seen in Fig. 5(b).

  • Effects of κ41,42\kappa_{41,42}

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Figure 6: Variation of DM relic abundance with DM mass for different values of κ41,42\kappa_{41,42} using sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1 and tanβ=1\tan\beta=1.

Fig. 6 shows the variation of DM relic density against DM mass for three different values of κ41,42\kappa_{41,42} for tanβ=1\tan\beta=1 and sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1. Other parameter are kept fixed at same values as considered in Fig. 4. In Fig. 6 we observe that as κ41,42\kappa_{41,42} changes from -0.05 to -0.5, relic density plots changes significantly which allows a range of dark matter mass from 1.2 TeV to 1.7 TeV that is in agreement with PLANCK results. Increase in |κ41,42||\kappa_{41,42}| value results in increase in mass splitting between charged and neutral eigenstates S1,2+S^{+}_{1,2} and S1,2S_{1,2}. With increased mass splitting, contribution from co-annihilation channels decreases which reduces DM relic density for a given mass of DM as observed in Fig. 6. However, no significant change in DM direct detection is observed for changes in coupling κ41,42\kappa_{41,42}.

  • Effects of κ11,12\kappa_{11,12} and κ31,32\kappa_{31,32}

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Figure 7: DM mass vs σSI\sigma_{\rm SI} plots for different combinations of κ11,12\kappa_{11,12} and κ31,32\kappa_{31,32} using sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1 and tanβ=1\tan\beta=1.

Finally, we consider changes of couplings κ1i\kappa_{1i} and κ3i\kappa_{3i}, i=1,2i=1,2 and study how these couplings affect dark matter phenomenology. It is found from the study that couplings κ1i\kappa_{1i} and κ3i\kappa_{3i} does not alter DM relic density significantly but can affect the DM direct detection cross-sections. This is obvious since, these couplings allow Higgs portal interactions with SM sector particles. However, since gauge interactions and co-annihilation channels dominate over Higgs portal interactions, these couplings are less sensitive to DM relic density. For the purpose of demonstration, we consider tanβ=1\tan\beta=1, sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1 and couplings κ21,22,κ41,42\kappa_{21,22},~{}\kappa_{41,42} etc. used in previous set of plots shown in Fig. 4-5. From Fig. 7, we observe that changing value of κ11,12=0.05\kappa_{11,12}=-0.05 from κ11,12=0.05\kappa_{11,12}=0.05, does not affect direct detection results significantly. However, for the case κ31,32=0.05\kappa_{31,32}=-0.05 an increase in DM direct detection is observed when compared with the case κ31,32=0.05\kappa_{31,32}=0.05. Therefore, we can conclude that κ31,32<0\kappa_{31,32}<0 enhances DM-nucleon scattering cross-section in the present framework.

It is to be noted that for DM candidate (S1S_{1}) there exists another region of parameter space with positive values of κ21,22\kappa_{21,22} as mentioned earlier in Table 2. We have found that the results for the region with positive κ21,22\kappa_{21,22} also follow similar behaviour as obtained in Figs. 4-7. Hence, DM phenomenology for the case with κ21,22>0\kappa_{21,22}>0 are not shown in this work.

Case:II, S2S_{2} dark matter

In the previous section, we have presented the results for DM dominated by S1S_{1}. In this section we consider the case when DM is S2S_{2} dominated which resemble the neutral candidate of Y=1Y=1 triplet. For this purpose, we follow the conditions mentioned in Table 2.

  • Effects of sinγ\sin\gamma

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Figure 8: Left panel: Variation of DM mass with relic abundance for different sinγ\sin\gamma. See text for details. Right panel: DM mass plotted against σSI\sigma_{\rm SI} for the same set of parameters.

Similar to the previous section, we now repeat our study for the case considering DM candidate is S2S_{2} with positive values of κ41,42\kappa_{41,42} following Table 2. In Fig. 8(a)-(b), we show the variation of DM relic density and direct detection cross-section against DM mass for three different values of sinγ\sin\gamma plotted with set of coupling parameters κ11,12=κ31,32=κ41,42=0.05\kappa_{11,12}=\kappa_{31,32}=\kappa_{41,42}=0.05 and κ21,22=0.05\kappa_{21,22}=-0.05 using tanβ=1\tan\beta=1. We observe that, even DM candidate is S2S_{2}-like, with different sinγ\sin\gamma values, DM mass versus relic density plots does not undergo any significant changes and 1.2 TeV dark matter satisfies DM relic density. However, significant changes in DM mass versus DM-nucleon scattering cross-section plot can be observed with changes in sinγ\sin\gamma values as depicted in Fig. 8(b). It is clearly shown that with increasing sinγ\sin\gamma, the DM direct detection cross-section gains large enhancement. This is quite different when compared with the case of S1S_{1} DM case presented in Fig. 4(b).

  • Effects of tanβ\tan\beta

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Figure 9: Left panel: Dark matter mass vs relic density for different values of tanβ\tan\beta. See text for details. Right panel: DM mass against DM nucleon scattering cross-section for same set of tanβ\tan\beta and other parameters.

We now repeat the study with three different tanβ=1,5,10\tan\beta=1,~{}5,~{}10 values for sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1, keeping other parameters fixed as taken in previous case (Fig. 8), and present our findings in Fig. 9. From Fig. 9(a), we conclude that changes in tanβ\tan\beta is less significant to DM relic density. However, Fig. 9(b) predicts that for larger tanβ\tan\beta, DM-nucleon cross-section tends to decrease.

  • Effects of κ41,42\kappa_{41,42}

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Figure 10: DM mass vs relic density plots for different values of κ41,42\kappa_{41,42} using sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1 and tanβ=1\tan\beta=1.

In Fig. 10, we repeat our study following Fig. 6 by varying κ41,42\kappa_{41,42} from 0.05 to 0.5 for sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1 and tanβ=1\tan\beta=1 keeping the rest of the parameters unchanged as considered in Fig. 8. Similar to the case of dark matter in Fig. 6, here we also observe large changes in DM relic density which predicts that DM can have mass around 1.2 TeV to 1.6 TeV. This can be explained by the rise in mass splitting between dark sector particles which causes reduction in DM annihilation cross-section happening from DM co-annihilation. Note that, for different values of κ4i(i=12)\kappa_{4i}\,(i=1-2), DM direct detection cross-section remains unchanged similar to the case of S1S_{1} dark matter.

  • Effects of κ11,12\kappa_{11,12} and κ31,32\kappa_{31,32}

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Figure 11: Variation of DM mass with σSI\sigma_{\rm SI} for different choices of κ11,12\kappa_{11,12} and κ31,32\kappa_{31,32} using sinγ=0.1\sin\gamma=0.1 and tanβ=1\tan\beta=1.

Similar to the study of S1S_{1} dark matter phenomenology performed in Fig. 7, we investigate the effects of κ11,12\kappa_{11,12} and κ31,32\kappa_{31,32} in Fig. 11 on DM-nucleon scattering cross-section. As we have mentioned before, due to the effects of gauge annihilations and co-annihilation of dark matter candidate, these couplings are not significant to DM relic abundance. Looking into Fig. 11, we conclude that dark matter direct detection results remains almost unaffected with change in sign of κ31,32\kappa_{31,32} from positive to negative. However, for the case κ11,12=0.05\kappa_{11,12}=-0.05, there is significant enhancement in DM direct detection cross-section when compared with the case κ11,12=0.05\kappa_{11,12}=0.05, which can be probed by next generation DM direct search experiments and constrain the available model parameter space.

κ41\kappa_{41} κ42\kappa_{42} κ21\kappa_{21} κ22\kappa_{22} DM candidate
+ + + + S1S_{1}
+ + - - S1S_{1}
- - - - S2S_{2}
- - + + Lightest inert particle is charged
Table 3: Combination of different coupling parameters for the choice 12sinγ0-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\leq\sin\gamma\leq 0.

It is to be noted that apart from the region of parameter space considered in Table 2, there also exists another region of available parameter space as given in Table 3 for 12sinγ0-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\leq\sin\gamma\leq 0. However, the DM phenomenology does not alter significantly for negative values of neutral scalar mixing sinγ\sin\gamma and results are similar to cases discussed in Figs. 4-10. Therefore, we will not discuss the combination of parameter space mentioned in Table 3.

Therefore, DM phenomenology of 2HDM extension of inert GM model suggests that a viable TeV scale dark matter can achieved within the framework. Since the masses of dark sector particles are around few TeVs, their contribution to the process hγγh\rightarrow\gamma\gamma is negligible compared to the contribution from W±,H±W^{\pm},~{}H^{\pm} and fermion (top and bottom quarks) and thus can be ignored safely. In other words, conditions described in Eq. (45) for type-I 2HDM remains unaltered.

Lepton flavor violation

γ\gammalil_{i}^{-}Σ0\Sigma^{0}ljl_{j}^{-}S1,2+S_{1,2}^{+}S1,2+S_{1,2}^{+}
γ\gammalil_{i}^{-}Σ\Sigma^{-}Σ\Sigma^{-}ljl_{j}^{-}S1,2S_{1,2}
γ\gammalil_{i}^{-}Σ\Sigma^{-}ljl_{j}^{-}D++D^{++}D++D^{++}
γ\gammalil_{i}^{-}Σ\Sigma^{-}Σ\Sigma^{-}ljl_{j}^{-}D++D^{++}
Figure 12: liljγl_{i}\to l_{j}\gamma diagrams at the one-loop level.

In the present model, Yukawa interactions mentioned in the Eq. (7) will result in charged lepton flavor violation. In Fig. 12, we show possible diagrams that contribute to flavor violating decay. The Feynman amplitude for the process liljγl_{i}\rightarrow l_{j}\gamma is given as

(liljγ)=ϵμu¯lj(pq)[iqνσμν(F+Gγ5)]uli(p).\mathcal{M}(l_{i}\to l_{j}\gamma)=\epsilon^{\mu}\bar{u}_{l_{j}}(p-q)[iq^{\nu}\sigma_{\mu\nu}(F+G\gamma_{5})]u_{l_{i}}(p)\,\,. (48)

where the form factors FF and GG are expressed as

F=G=k=13λikλjk64π2MΣk2(mli+mlj)2(cos2δF3(a)+sin2δF4(a)12cos2γF1(b)12sin2γF2(b))+k=13yikyjk64π2MΣk2(mli+mlj)2(sin2δF3(a)+cos2δF4(a)+F5(a)2F5(b))+k=13λikyjk+λjkyik64π2MΣk2(mli+mlj)2sinδcosδ(F4(a)F3(a)),\begin{split}F=G=&\sum_{k=1}^{3}\frac{\lambda_{ik}\lambda_{jk}}{64\pi^{2}M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}(m_{l_{i}}+m_{l_{j}})^{2}\left(\cos^{2}\delta F_{3}^{(a)}+\sin^{2}\delta F_{4}^{(a)}-\frac{1}{2}\cos^{2}\gamma\ F_{1}^{(b)}-\frac{1}{2}\sin^{2}\gamma\ F_{2}^{(b)}\right)\\ &+\sum_{k=1}^{3}\frac{y_{ik}y_{jk}}{64\pi^{2}M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}(m_{l_{i}}+m_{l_{j}})^{2}\left(\sin^{2}\delta F_{3}^{(a)}+\cos^{2}\delta F_{4}^{(a)}+F_{5}^{(a)}-2F_{5}^{(b)}\right)\\ &+\sum_{k=1}^{3}\frac{\lambda_{ik}y_{jk}+\lambda_{jk}y_{ik}}{64\pi^{2}M_{\Sigma_{k}}^{2}}(m_{l_{i}}+m_{l_{j}})^{2}\sin\delta\cos\delta\left(F_{4}^{(a)}-F_{3}^{(a)}\right)\,,\end{split} (49)

where,

Fi(a)=16(1xi)4(2+3xi6xi2+xi3+6xilnxi),Fi(b)=16(1xi)4(16xi3xi22xi36xi2lnxi),x1=mS12MΣ2,x2=mS22MΣ2,x3=mS1+2MΣ2,x4=mS2+2MΣ2,x5=mD++2MΣ2.\begin{split}F_{i}^{(a)}=&\frac{1}{6(1-x_{i})^{4}}\left(2+3x_{i}-6x_{i}^{2}+x_{i}^{3}+6x_{i}\ln x_{i}\right)\,,\\ F_{i}^{(b)}=&\frac{1}{6(1-x_{i})^{4}}\left(1-6x_{i}-3x_{i}^{2}-2x_{i}^{3}-6x_{i}^{2}\ln x_{i}\right)\,,\\ x_{1}=\frac{m_{S_{1}}^{2}}{M_{\Sigma}^{2}}\,,\qquad&x_{2}=\frac{m_{S_{2}}^{2}}{M_{\Sigma}^{2}}\,,\qquad x_{3}=\frac{m_{S_{1}^{+}}^{2}}{M_{\Sigma}^{2}}\,,\qquad x_{4}=\frac{m_{S_{2}^{+}}^{2}}{M_{\Sigma}^{2}}\,,\qquad x_{5}=\frac{m_{D^{++}}^{2}}{M_{\Sigma}^{2}}\,.\end{split} (50)

In Eq. (50), we have dropped the indices of MΣkM_{\Sigma_{k}} for simplicity. It is to be noted that for a vector fermion doublet MΣk0=MΣk+=MΣkM_{\Sigma_{k}^{0}}=M_{\Sigma_{k}^{+}}=M_{\Sigma_{k}}. Stringent bound on flavor violating process μeγ\mu\rightarrow e\gamma is obtained from MEG experiment TheMEG:2016wtm . Upper limit on the decay branching ratio for μeγ\mu\rightarrow e\gamma decay is (μeγ)<4.2×1013{\mathcal{B}}(\mu\rightarrow e\gamma)<4.2\times 10^{-13}. The decay rate for the process μeγ\mu\rightarrow e\gamma in the present model is given by

Γ(μeγ)=mμ8π(|F|2+|G|2).\Gamma(\mu\to e\gamma)=\frac{m_{\mu}}{8\pi}(|F|^{2}+|G|^{2})\,. (51)
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Figure 13: Left panel: Variation of MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} with Yukawa coupling λ\lambda consistent with active neutrino mass constraints assuming λ=y\lambda=y for tanβ=1\tan\beta=1 and |κ41,42|=0.5|\kappa_{41,42}|=0.5. Right panel: Decay branching ratio (μeγ){\mathcal{B}}(\mu\rightarrow e\gamma) versus MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} for the allowed range of λ=y\lambda=y coupling in agreement with limit from neutrino mass.

In Fig. 13(a), we present the variation of vector fermion mass MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} with Yukawa couplings imposing the condition λ=y\lambda=y for neutrino Yukawa couplings. The mass scale of light active neutrino mass (mν)(m_{\nu}) is derived using Eq. (29) for tanβ=1\tan\beta=1 and |κ41,42|=0.5|\kappa_{41,42}|=0.5 with assuming a hierarchical structure of vector fermion mass MΣ1:MΣ2:MΣ3=1:3:30M_{\Sigma_{1}}:M_{\Sigma_{2}}:M_{\Sigma_{3}}=1:3:30. We further consider mass of different inert scalar mS1.5m_{S}\sim 1.5 TeV, following results from Fig. 6 and Fig. 10, consistent with relic density, direct detection, TT parameter and collider constraints on dark matter. From Fig. 13(a), we notice that for Yukawa coupling ranging from 10310110^{-3}-10^{-1}, mass of vector fermion varies within the range 108101210^{8}-10^{12} GeV. Using the allowed range of MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} and Yukawa coupling values, we plot the corresponding decay branching ratio (μeγ){\mathcal{B}}(\mu\rightarrow e\gamma) against MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}}, as shown in Fig. 13(b). It is clearly observed that within the specific range of λ(y)MΣ1\lambda(y)-M_{\Sigma_{1}}, μeγ\mu\rightarrow e\gamma decay branching ratio is negligible compared to the experimental limit (μeγ)<4.2×1013{\mathcal{B}}(\mu\rightarrow e\gamma)<4.2\times 10^{-13} TheMEG:2016wtm . Therefore, lepton flavor violation do not impose any stringent limit in the present framework.

Leptogenesis in sGM model

Apart from the generation of one-loop neutrino mass and providing a feasible candidate for dark matter, the scotogenic GM model can also generate lepton asymmetry which can explain baryon asymmetry in the Universe (BAU). In the present model, heavy vector-like fermions can decay into leptons and triplets. A net asymmetry in lepton number can be generated from the CP violating decay of heavy vector-like fermions.

The net amount of asymmetry generated from CP violating decay of VLF’s coming from its decay into leptons with two different scalar triplets are expressed as

ϵ1Δ=α[Γ(ΣlLc+Δ)Γ(ΣclL+Δ)]Γ1,\epsilon_{1\Delta}=\frac{\sum_{\alpha}[\Gamma(\Sigma\rightarrow l^{c}_{L}+\Delta)-\Gamma(\Sigma^{c}\rightarrow{l}_{L}+\Delta^{*})]}{\Gamma_{1}}\,\,, (52)

and

ϵ1T=α[Γ(ΣclLc+T)Γ(ΣlL+T)]Γ1.\epsilon_{1T}=\frac{\sum_{\alpha}[\Gamma(\Sigma^{c}\rightarrow l^{c}_{L}+T^{*})-\Gamma(\Sigma\rightarrow{l}_{L}+T)]}{\Gamma_{1}}\,\,. (53)

In the above Eq. (52)-(53), total decay width of vector fermion is given as

Γ1=332π((yy)11+(λλ)11)MΣ1.{\Gamma_{1}}=\frac{3}{32\pi}\left((y^{\dagger}y)_{11}+(\lambda^{\dagger}\lambda)_{11}\right)M_{\Sigma_{1}}\,. (54)

The asymmetry ϵ1Δ\epsilon_{1\Delta} can be redefined as

ϵ1Δ=38π1(yy)11+(λλ)11jIm[(yy)1j(λTλ)j1]MΣ1MΣj.\epsilon_{1\Delta}=-\frac{3}{8\pi}\frac{1}{(y^{\dagger}y)_{11}+(\lambda^{\dagger}\lambda)_{11}}\sum_{j}{\rm Im}[(y^{\dagger}y)_{1j}(\lambda^{T}\lambda^{*})_{j1}]\frac{M_{\Sigma_{1}}}{M_{\Sigma_{j}}}\,\,. (55)

Similarly, the asymmetry ϵ1T\epsilon_{1T} becomes

ϵ1T=38π1(yy)11+(λλ)11jIm[(λλ)1j(yTy)j1]MΣ1MΣj.\epsilon_{1T}=-\frac{3}{8\pi}\frac{1}{(y^{\dagger}y)_{11}+(\lambda^{\dagger}\lambda)_{11}}\sum_{j}{\rm Im}[(\lambda^{\dagger}\lambda)_{1j}(y^{T}y^{*})_{j1}]\frac{M_{\Sigma_{1}}}{M_{\Sigma_{j}}}\,\,. (56)

As mentioned before, in the following study we consider the mass matrix of vector-like fermions to be diagonal and assume hierarchical structure of vector-like fermion masses such that MΣ1<MΣ2<MΣ3M_{\Sigma_{1}}<M_{\Sigma_{2}}<M_{\Sigma_{3}} and MΣ1:MΣ2:MΣ3=1:3:30M_{\Sigma_{1}}:M_{\Sigma_{2}}:M_{\Sigma_{3}}=1:3:30. Therefore, Boltzmann equations for leptogenesis consist of three equations (which is governed by decay of lightest vector fermion)

dYΣ1dz\displaystyle\frac{dY_{\Sigma_{1}}}{dz} =\displaystyle= zΓ1H1K1(z)K2(z)(YΣ1YΣ1eq),\displaystyle-z\frac{\Gamma_{1}}{{\rm H_{1}}}\frac{K_{1}(z)}{K_{2}(z)}\left(Y_{\Sigma_{1}}-Y_{\Sigma_{1}}^{\rm eq}\right)\,\,, (57)
dYLΔdz\displaystyle\frac{dY_{L}^{\Delta}}{dz} =\displaystyle= Γ1H1(ϵ1ΔzK1(z)K2(z)(YΣ1eqYΣ1)+BrLΔz3K1(z)4YLΔ),\displaystyle-\frac{\Gamma_{1}}{{\rm H_{1}}}\left(\epsilon_{1\Delta}z\frac{K_{1}(z)}{K_{2}(z)}(Y_{\Sigma_{1}}^{eq}-Y_{\Sigma_{1}})+Br_{L}^{\Delta}\frac{z^{3}K_{1}(z)}{4}Y_{L}^{\Delta}\right)\,,\, (58)

and

dYLTdz\displaystyle\frac{dY_{L}^{T}}{dz} =\displaystyle= Γ1H1(ϵ1TzK1(z)K2(z)(YΣ1eqYΣ1)+BrLTz3K1(z)4YLT),\displaystyle-\frac{\Gamma_{1}}{{\rm H_{1}}}\left(\epsilon_{1T}z\frac{K_{1}(z)}{K_{2}(z)}(Y_{\Sigma_{1}}^{eq}-Y_{\Sigma_{1}})+Br_{L}^{T}\frac{z^{3}K_{1}(z)}{4}Y_{L}^{T}\right)\,,\, (59)

where Eq. (57) denotes Boltzmann equation for decay of vector-like fermion Σ1\Sigma_{1}, other two Eqs. (58)-(59) are Boltzmann equations for generation of lepton asymmetry. In Eqs. (57)-(59), H1{\rm H_{1}} denotes the Hubble parameter at T=MΣ1T=M_{\Sigma_{1}} and Yx=nx/sY_{x}={n_{x}}/{s}; (x=Σ1,Lx=\Sigma_{1},L, nn: number density and s:s: co-moving entropy density). The expression for H1{\rm H_{1}} and equilibrium yield of Σ1\Sigma_{1} are

H1=8πGρrad3=1.66gMΣ12MP,YΣ1eq=45g4π4z2K2(z)gs,{\rm H_{1}}=\sqrt{\frac{8\pi G\rho_{rad}}{3}}=1.66\sqrt{g_{*}}\frac{M_{\Sigma_{1}}^{2}}{M_{P}}\,,\hskip 14.22636ptY_{\Sigma_{1}}^{\rm eq}=\frac{45g}{4\pi^{4}}\frac{z^{2}K_{2}(z)}{g_{*s}}\,, (60)

where g=119.75g_{*}=119.75 (including new scalar fields) is the relativistic degrees of freedom and gsg_{*s} is entropy degrees of freedom respectively. Factors K1,2K_{1,2} in Eqs. (58)-(59) are modified Bessel functions and BrLx(x=Δ,T)Br_{L}^{x}\,(x=\Delta\,,T) represent the decay branching fraction of Σ1\Sigma_{1} into Δ\Delta and TT mode such that

BrLΔ=(yy)11(yy)11+(λλ)11,BrLT=(λλ)11(yy)11+(λλ)11.Br_{L}^{\Delta}=\frac{(y^{\dagger}y)_{11}}{(y^{\dagger}y)_{11}+(\lambda^{\dagger}\lambda)_{11}}\,,\hskip 14.22636ptBr_{L}^{T}=\frac{(\lambda^{\dagger}\lambda)_{11}}{(y^{\dagger}y)_{11}+(\lambda^{\dagger}\lambda)_{11}}\,. (61)

It is to be noted that Boltzmann Eqs. (58)-(59) are based on the assumption that the transfer of asymmetry between YLTY_{L}^{T} and YLΔY_{L}^{\Delta} is negligible and their evolution are independent of each other. This is possible when the condition for the narrow width approximation is satisfied which is given as Falkowski:2011xh

Γ1H1Γ1MΣ1<0.1.\frac{\Gamma_{1}}{{\rm H_{1}}}\frac{\Gamma_{1}}{M_{\Sigma_{1}}}<0.1\,. (62)

The final lepton asymmetry obtained by solving Boltzmann equations for leptogenesis is given as

YL(z)=2(YLΔ(z)+YLT(z)).Y_{L}(z\rightarrow\infty)=2\left(Y_{L}^{\Delta}(z\rightarrow\infty)+Y_{L}^{T}(z\rightarrow\infty)\right)\,\,. (63)

In the above equation the additional factor of two is due to the fact that asymmetry is generated from both neutral and charged fermions of the vector fermion doublet. Eq. (63) reveals that, there can be a cancellation in net asymmetry YL(z)Y_{L}(z\rightarrow\infty). Similar to the case of standard leptogenesis with right handed neutrinos, here the final lepton asymmetry is also partially transferred into baryon asymmetry via sphaleron transition Davidson:2008bu

YB(z)=1031YL(z).Y_{B}(z\rightarrow\infty)=\frac{10}{31}Y_{L}(z\rightarrow\infty)\,\,. (64)

Baryon asymmetry of the Universe as measured by PLANCK is YB=(89.5)×1011Y_{B}=(8-9.5)\times 10^{-11}, hence the required lepton asymmetry is YL(2.52.9)×1010Y_{L}\sim(2.5-2.9)\times 10^{-10} PhysRevD.98.030001 .

  Set λ=y\lambda=y MΣ1(GeV)M_{\Sigma_{1}}(\rm GeV) 𝒪(mν)(eV){\mathcal{O}}(m_{\nu})~{}({\rm eV}) ϵ1T,1Δ\epsilon_{1T,1\Delta} BrLT=BrLΔBr_{L}^{T}=Br_{L}^{\Delta}  Γ1H1Γ1MΣ1\frac{\Gamma_{1}}{{\rm H_{1}}}\frac{\Gamma_{1}}{M_{\Sigma_{1}}}  YL(z)Y_{L}(z\rightarrow\infty)
I 4.0×1024.0\times 10^{-2} 6.75×10116.75\times 10^{11} 0.020.02 9.53×1059.53\times 10^{-5} 0.5 8.1×1028.1\times 10^{-2} 4.13×1094.13\times 10^{-9}
II 2.1×1022.1\times 10^{-2} 5.0×10105.0\times 10^{10} 0.060.06 2.63×1052.63\times 10^{-5} 0.5 8.3×1028.3\times 10^{-2} 2.61×10102.61\times 10^{-10}
III 1.1×1021.1\times 10^{-2} 4.0×1094.0\times 10^{9} 0.200.20 7.19×1067.19\times 10^{-6} 0.5 7.8×1027.8\times 10^{-2} 1.92×10111.92\times 10^{-11}
Table 4: Lepton asymmetry YLY_{L} calculated using given set of vector fermion MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} mass and Yukawa coupling for (κ41+κ42)=1(\kappa_{41}+\kappa_{42})=1, tanβ=1\tan\beta=1 with different sets of Yukawa couplings {λ,y}\{\lambda,y\} for neutrino mass scale mν𝒪(102101)m_{\nu}\sim{\mathcal{O}}(10^{-2}-10^{-1}) eV.

We now investigate the possibility whether the present model can generate the required BAU. In order to do so, we first consider Yukawa couplings and mass of vector-like fermions that will provide sub-eV light neutrino mass. For this purpose, we use the allowed MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} and Yukawa coupling λ=y\lambda=y parameter space derived in Fig. 13(a) for neutrino mass scale mν=0.020.20m_{\nu}=0.02-0.20 eV. Moreover, the Boltzmann equations for lepton asymmetry used are valid only when the condition for narrow width approximation in Eq. (62) is respected. It is found that the washout and transfer of asymmetry becomes significant for Γ12/MΣ1H10.1{\Gamma_{1}}^{2}/M_{\Sigma_{1}}{\rm H_{1}}\geq 0.1 Falkowski:2011xh . To circumvent this issue, we further restrict the allowed MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} vs λ=y\lambda=y parameter space in Fig. 13(a) with the condition Γ12/MΣ1H1<0.1{\Gamma_{1}}^{2}/M_{\Sigma_{1}}{\rm H_{1}}<0.1. In Fig. 14(a), we present the variation of vector fermion mass MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} against the narrow width approximation parameter using the neutrino mass constraints from Fig. 13(a). The upper limit for narrow width approximation Γ12/MΣ1H1<0.1{\Gamma_{1}}^{2}/M_{\Sigma_{1}}{\rm H_{1}}<0.1 is represented by the red horizontal line shown in Fig. 14(a). With the given range of neutrino mass scale mν=0.020.20m_{\nu}=0.02-0.20 eV, Fig. 14(a) provides an upper limit on vector fermion mass for which narrow width approximation and the Boltzmann equations (Eqs. (58)-(59)) for lepton asymmetry remains valid.

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Figure 14: Variation of MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} against Γ12/MΣ1H1{\Gamma_{1}}^{2}/M_{\Sigma_{1}}{\rm H_{1}} (left panel) and corresponding lepton asymmetry YLY_{L} for Γ12/MΣ1H1<0.1{\Gamma_{1}}^{2}/M_{\Sigma_{1}}{\rm H_{1}}<0.1 (right panel).

Using the allowed range of MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} values obtained from Fig. 14(a) and Yukawa coupling from Fig. 13(a), we solve Boltzmann equations Eqs. (57)-(59) and evaluate the amount of lepton asymmetry in the present formalism. As to obtain the limits in Fig. 13(a) and Fig. 14(a), taking the condition λ=y\lambda=y we get ϵ1Δ=ϵ1T\epsilon_{1\Delta}=\epsilon_{1T} and BrLT=BrLΔ=1/2Br_{L}^{T}=Br_{L}^{\Delta}=1/2. Therefore, for λ=y\lambda=y, lepton asymmetry generated from Eqs. (58)-(59) will be equal, i.e.; YLΔ(z)=YLT(z)Y_{L}^{\Delta}(z\rightarrow\infty)=Y_{L}^{T}(z\rightarrow\infty). In Fig. 14(b), we plot the total lepton asymmetry YLY_{L} versus Γ12/MΣ1H1{\Gamma_{1}}^{2}/M_{\Sigma_{1}}{\rm H_{1}} using the available MΣ1M_{\Sigma_{1}} parameter space obtained for aforementioned mνm_{\nu} values. Horizontal red lines in Fig. 14(b) exhibit the YLY_{L} value required to generate observed baryon asymmetry in the Universe. For demonstrative purpose, in Table 4, we tabulate lepton asymmetry YLY_{L} for few sets of benchmark parameters obtained from the solutions of Boltzmann equations for leptogenesis. We observe that for benchmark set-I, yield of lepton asymmetry YLY_{L} is above the required amount of matter-antimatter asymmetry. On the other hand, for benchmark set-II with mν0.06m_{\nu}\sim 0.06 eV, net lepton asymmetry YLY_{L} successfully generates observed baryon abundance. However, set-III result in Table 4 suggests that yield YLY_{L} fails to explain baryon asymmetry in the Universe.

It is worth mentioning that solution to Boltzmann equations in this work is based on the assumption that the Universe is radiation dominated at the era of leptogenesis. However, this situation can alter if one considers a modified thermal history of Universe DEramo:2017gpl . Recent studies Dutta:2018zkg ; Chen:2019etb ; Mahanta:2019sfo ; Konar:2020vuu reveal that non-standard cosmological effects (such as a new scalar field active near the temperature TMΣ1T\sim M_{\Sigma_{1}}) on leptogenesis can reduce the effects of washout significantly and enhance the yield of YLY_{L} by one or two order depending on the new parameters. We expect similar changes in lepton asymmetry YLY_{L} if non-standard cosmological effects are taken into account. In such scenarios, benchmark set-III of Table 4 can also explain matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe. Therefore, non-standard leptogenesis scenarios can relax constraints and broaden the available model parameter space considered in the model. However at lower temperature T102103T\sim 10^{2}-10^{3} TeV, the non-standard effect is completely washed out and Universe becomes radiation dominated. Therefore, thermal freeze-out of dark matter remains unaffected and hence dark matter phenomenology discussed in the work remains unharmed.

Conclusions

In this work we present a study of common origin of neutrino mass, dark matter and leptogenesis by extending Georgi-Machacek model with two Higgs doublet and new vector fermions. The composition of Georgi-Machacek model includes two additional SU(2)SU(2) triplet scalar with different hypercharge along with the SM Higgs doublet. Although the GM model preserves custodial symmetry and can generate neutrino mass in tree level, the model cannot account for a stable dark matter candidate. We consider a scalar potential invariant under SU(2)L×U(1)Y×𝒵4×𝒵2SU(2)_{L}\times U(1)_{Y}\times\mathcal{Z}_{4}\times\mathcal{Z}_{2}. After spontaneous breaking of symmetry, 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry of the potential remains conserved by triplet fields and vector fermions. The 𝒵4\mathcal{Z}_{4} symmetry in the potential provides necessary quartic interactions that generate neutrino mass at one-loop upon mixing of neutral and charged scalar of Y=0Y=0 and Y=1Y=1 triplet. Thus a residual 𝒵2\mathcal{Z}_{2} symmetry ensures the stability of neutral scalar originating from the mixing of scalar triplets which serves the purpose of dark matter resulting a scotogenic Georgi-Machacek (sGM )model. Moreover, the sGM model also exhibits feature of leptogenesis, capable of generating matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe from decaying vector fermions.

We put constraints on the model parameter space from various theoretical and experimental observations, such as vacuum stability, dark matter relic abundance, dark matter direct detection cross-section. Detailed study of dark matter phenomenology reveals that the model predicts a TeV scale dark matter candidate. In the present model, matter-antimatter asymmetry originates from CP violating decay of vector-like fermions. Using the limits from light neutrino mass, we found that massive vector fermions around 10101110^{10-11} GeV can produce the experimentally observed baryon abundance. We have also observed that lepton flavor violation do not impose any significant constraint in the model parameter space. Therefore, a simple extension of Georgi-Machacek model with two Higgs doublet and heavy vector-like fermions accompanied by 𝒵4\mathcal{Z}_{4} can provide answers to the puzzles of dark matter, matter-antimatter asymmetry in a single framework with radiative generation of neutrino mass.

Acknowledgements

This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation of China (11775093, 11422545, 11947235).

Appendix A Appendix: SM Higgs coupling with charged scalars

The couplings of SM Higgs hh with different charged scalars are listed as follows:

λhD++D\displaystyle\lambda_{hD^{++}D^{--}} =sαcβκ11cαsβκ12,\displaystyle=s_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{11}-c_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{12}\,,
λhS1+S1\displaystyle\lambda_{hS_{1}^{+}S_{1}^{-}} =12(2sδ2sαcβκ112sδ2cαsβκ12+sδ2sαcβκ21\displaystyle=\frac{1}{2}\big{(}2s_{\delta}^{2}s_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{11}-2s_{\delta}^{2}c_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{12}+s_{\delta}^{2}s_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{21}
sδ2cαsβκ22+2cδ2sαcβκ312cδ2cαsβκ322cδsδcαcβκ41\displaystyle-s_{\delta}^{2}c_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{22}+2c_{\delta}^{2}s_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{31}-2c_{\delta}^{2}c_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{32}-\sqrt{2}c_{\delta}s_{\delta}c_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{41}
+2cδsδsαsβκ41+2cδsδsαsβκ422cδsδcαcβκ42),\displaystyle+\sqrt{2}c_{\delta}s_{\delta}s_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{41}+\sqrt{2}c_{\delta}s_{\delta}s_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{42}-\sqrt{2}c_{\delta}s_{\delta}c_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{42}\big{)}\,,
λhS2+S2\displaystyle\lambda_{hS_{2}^{+}S_{2}^{-}} =12(2cδ2sαcβκ112cδ2cαsβκ12+cδ2sαcβκ21cδ2cαsβκ22\displaystyle=\frac{1}{2}\big{(}2c_{\delta}^{2}s_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{11}-2c_{\delta}^{2}c_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{12}+c_{\delta}^{2}s_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{21}-c_{\delta}^{2}c_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{22}
+2sδ2sαcβκ312sδ2cαsβκ32+2cδsδcαcβκ41\displaystyle+2s_{\delta}^{2}s_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{31}-2s_{\delta}^{2}c_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{32}+\sqrt{2}c_{\delta}s_{\delta}c_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{41}
2cδsδsαsβκ412cδsδsαsβκ42+2cδsδcαcβκ42),\displaystyle-\sqrt{2}c_{\delta}s_{\delta}s_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{41}-\sqrt{2}c_{\delta}s_{\delta}s_{\alpha}s_{\beta}\kappa_{42}+\sqrt{2}c_{\delta}s_{\delta}c_{\alpha}c_{\beta}\kappa_{42}\big{)}\,,
λhH+H\displaystyle\lambda_{hH^{+}H^{-}} =sαsβ2cβλ1cαcβ2sβλ2cαsβ3λ3+cβ3sαλ3\displaystyle=s_{\alpha}s_{\beta}^{2}c_{\beta}\lambda_{1}-c_{\alpha}c_{\beta}^{2}s_{\beta}\lambda_{2}-c_{\alpha}s_{\beta}^{3}\lambda_{3}+c_{\beta}^{3}s_{\alpha}\lambda_{3}
cβsαsβ2λ4+cαcβ2sβλ4+cαcβ2sβλ5cβsαsβ2λ5.\displaystyle-c_{\beta}s_{\alpha}s_{\beta}^{2}\lambda_{4}+c_{\alpha}c_{\beta}^{2}s_{\beta}\lambda_{4}+c_{\alpha}c_{\beta}^{2}s_{\beta}\lambda_{5}-c_{\beta}s_{\alpha}s_{\beta}^{2}\lambda_{5}\,.

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