Revelations of the E₆/U(1)_N model: two-loop neutrino mass and dark matter

Abstract

The E₆/U(1)_N gauge extension of the Supersymmetric Standard Model, first proposed by Ma, is shown to have exactly the requisite ingredients to realize the important new idea that dark matter is the origin of neutrino mass. With the implementation of a discrete Z₂×Z₂ symmetry, and particle content given by three 27̅ representations of E₆, neutrino masses are naturally generated in two loops, with candidates of dark matter in the loops. All particles of this model are expected to be at or below the TeV scale, allowing them to be observable at the LHC.