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We investigate the tree-level neutrino mass generation in the gauged U(1)ℓ lepton model recently proposed by us [1]. With the addition of one Standard Model(SM) singlet, ϕ1(Y = 0, ℓ = 1), and one SM triplet scalar, T (Y = −1, ℓ = 0), realistic lepton masses can be accommodated. The resulting magnitude of neutrino mass is given by ∼ v 3 t /v 2 L , where vt and vL are the vacuum expectation values of T and ϕ1, respectively, and it is automatically of the inverse see-saw type. Since vL is the lepton number violation scale we take it to be high, i.e. O ≳ (TeV). Moreover, the induced lepton flavor violating processes and the phenomenology of the peculiar triplet are studied. An interesting bound, 0.1 ≲ vt ≲ 24.1 GeV, is obtained when taking into account the neutrino mass generation, Br(μ → eγ), and the limits from oblique parameters, ΔS and ΔT. Collider phenomenology of the SM triplets is also discussed.
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Chang, WF., Ng, J.N. Neutrino masses and gauged U(1)ℓ lepton number. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 15 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2018)015
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