Neutrino mass, mixing and muon g − 2 explanation in $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_{\mu }-{L}_{\tau }} $$ extension of left-right theory

Abstract

Abstract We consider a gauged $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_{\mu }-{L}_{\tau }} $$ U 1 L μ − L τ extension of the left-right symmetric theory in order to simultaneously explain neutrino mass, mixing and the muon anomalous magnetic moment. We get sizeable contribution from the interaction of the new light gauge boson Zμτ of the $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_{\mu }-{L}_{\tau }} $$ U 1 L μ − L τ symmetry with muons which can individually satisfy the current bounds on muon (g − 2) anomaly (∆aμ). The other positive contributions to ∆aμ come from the interactions of singly charged gauge bosons WL, WR with heavy neutral fermions and that of neutral CP-even scalars with muons. The interaction of WL with heavy neutrino is facilitated by inverse seesaw mechanism which allows large light-heavy neutrino mixing and explains neutrino mass in our model. CP-even scalars with mass around few hundreds GeV can also satisfy the entire current muon anomaly bound. The results show that the model gives a small but non-negligible contribution to ∆aμ thereby eliminating the entire deviation in theoretical prediction and experimental result of muon (g − 2) anomaly. We have briefly presented a comparative study for symmetric and asymmetric left-right symmetric model in context of various contribution to ∆aμ. We also discuss how the generation of neutrino mass is affected when left-right symmetry breaks down to Standard Model symmetry via various choices of scalars.