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We study the right-handed neutrino (RHN) dark matter candidate in the minimal U(1) B−L gauge extension of the standard model. The U(1) B−L gauge symmetry offers three RHNs which can address the origin of the neutrino mass, the relic dark matter, and the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe. The lightest among the three is taken as the dark matter candidate, which is under the B − L gauge interaction. We investigate various scenarios for this dark matter candidate with the correct relic density by means of the freeze-out or freeze-in mechanism. A viable RHN dark matter mass lies in a wide range including keV to TeV scale. We emphasize the sub-electroweak scale light B − L gauge boson case, and identify the parameter region motivated from the dark matter physics, which can be tested with the planned experiments including the CERN SHiP experiment.
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Kaneta, K., Kang, Z. & Lee, HS. Right-handed neutrino dark matter under the B − L gauge interaction. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 31 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2017)031
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