Parallel seesaw mechanisms for neutrinos and freeze-in long-lived dark matter

If dark matter is light, it may be due to a seesaw mechanism just as neutrinos are. It is postulated that both originate from the same type of heavy fermion anchors, either singlets or triplets. In the latter case, a shift of the W mass is predicted, as suggested by the C D F precision measurement. A spontaneously broken dark U (1) gauge symmetry is assumed, resulting in freeze-in long-lived light dark matter.

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The study suggests that dark matter could be a type of light fermion which interacts with the W particle, similar to neutrinos. It also proposes the existence of a spontaneously broken dark U(1) gauge symmetry, resulting in the production of long-lived light dark matter.