Radiative Neutrino Mass Generation and Dark Matter through Vector-like Leptons

Abstract: This study presents a radiative three-loop framework for neutrino mass generation, employing an asymmetric Yukawa coupling between two new scalar $SU(2)_L$ doublets and vector-like lepton doublets. Dark matter candidates arise from the scalar sector of one of the doublets and play a crucial role in the generation of neutrino masses through their nonzero scalar mixing. The singly charged scalar sector undergoes an analogous mixing structure. A single generation of vector-like leptons yields three nondegenerate neutrino masses as a consequence of the asymmetric Yukawa combinations entering the neutrino mass matrix. The model is tested against dark matter phenomenology, neutrino mass and mixing data, and the charged lepton flavor-violating process $μ\rightarrow e γ$, showing compatibility with current bounds and leading to experimentally accessible predictions.