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Modular S4 scotogenic model with flavored resonant leptogenesis

Abhishek and V. Suryanarayana Mummidi

Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 15 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/jd25-5p7w

Abstract

We construct a radiative neutrino mass model that combines the scotogenic mechanism with modular S4 flavour symmetry. The entire lepton flavour structure is governed by holomorphic modular forms of a single complex modulus τ, eliminating the need for flavon fields. Beyond the Standard Model, the particle content consists of two right-handed Majorana fermions assigned to the S4 doublet representation and an inert scalar doublet odd under a ℤ2 parity. Neutrino masses emerge at one loop through the scotogenic mechanism, and the lightest ℤ2-odd state serves as a dark matter candidate. A comprehensive scan of the parameter space demonstrates consistency with all five neutrino oscillation observables at the 3σ level. Having exactly two right-handed neutrinos forces the light neutrino mass matrix to rank two, leaving one neutrino massless and selecting normal ordering as the only viable option. The framework predicts a total neutrino mass in the narrow window ∑mν≃0.059–0.06eV, well within current cosmological bounds, and an effective Majorana mass mββ≃(1.3–3.5)×10−3eV relevant for neutrinoless double beta decay searches. The structure of the right-handed Majorana mass matrix, together with the phenomenologically relevant regime Mϵ≪M, yields a quasi-degenerate heavy-neutrino spectrum, enabling flavoured resonant leptogenesis at M1∼105GeV. Integration of the full three-flavour Boltzmann equations confirms that the observed baryon asymmetry is reproduced, establishing that neutrino masses, leptonic mixing, and the baryon asymmetry of the Universe all find a common explanation within this framework.

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