Date of Award

2009-01-01

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Physics

Advisor(s)

Alfredo Aranda

Abstract

We study a model of neutrino mass generation at the Electroweak scale (EW), where Lepton number is broken by the vacuum expectation value of a Standard Model singlet complex scalar field. No energy scales higher than the EW scale are introduced in the model and neutrinos can still get their tiny masses through the general seesaw mechanism. The neutrino Yukawa couplings need not be more suppressed than that of the electron. As part of our results we present the branching ratios of the possible Higgs decays, which should be detectable at near future colliders.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

68 pages

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Enrique Diaz-Mendez

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Physics Commons

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