Interpretation of the XENON1T excess in the model with decaying sterile neutrinos

Abstract

The phenomenological model with three active and three sterile neutrinos is used for interpretation of the observed XENON1T excess of electronic recoil events in the 1 -- 7 keV energy region. Assuming two sterile neutrinos with appropriate mass values decay while the third sterile neutrino is stable it is possible to explain the observed energy spectrum of electronic recoil events. Moreover using this approach three peaks in the 1 -- 7 keV energy region are predicted. Dark bosons have to mix to only a small extent with photons which can be emitted in this region. The possible existence of the three light sterile neutrinos may have perceptible influence on some phenomena in neutrino physics, astrophysics and cosmology.