128 research outputs found
Deviation from Tri-Bimaximal Mixing and Large Reactor Mixing Angle
Recent observations for a non-zero have come from various
experiments. We study a model of lepton mixing with a 2-3 flavor symmetry to
accommodate the sizable measurement. In this work, we derive
deviations from the tri-bimaximal (TBM) pattern arising from breaking the
flavor symmetry in the neutrino sector, while the charged leptons contribution
has been discussed in a previous work. Contributions from both sectors towards
accommodating the non-zero measurement are presented.Comment: 25 pages, 12 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1109.232
SU(3) Gauge Family Symmetry and Prediction for the Lepton-Flavor Mixing and Neutrino Masses with Maximal Spontaneous CP Violation
A model for the lepton-flavor mixing and CP violation is proposed based on
the SU(3) gauge family symmetry and the Majorana feature of neutrinos. A
consistent prediction for the lepton-flavor mixing and masses is shown to be
resulted from the appropriate vacuum structure of SU(3) gauge symmetry
breaking. By choosing the SU(3) gauge fixing condition to possess a
residual symmetry and requiring the vacuum structure of spontaneous
symmetry breaking to have approximate global U(1) family symmetries, we obtain
naturally the tri-bimaximal mixing matrix and largely degenerate neutrino
masses in the neutrino sector and the small mixing matrix in the charged-lepton
sector. With a simple ansatz that all the smallness due to the approximate
global U(1) family symmetries is characterized by a single Wolfenstein
parameter , and the charged-lepton mixing matrix has a
similar hierarchy structure as the CKM quark mixing matrix, we arrive at a
consistent prediction for the MNSP lepton-flavor mixing with a maximal
spontaneous CP violation: , (),
and
, which agree well
with the current experimental data. The CP-violating Jarlskog-invariant is
obtained to be , which is detectable in next generation neutrino experiment. The
largely degenerate neutrino masses with the normal hierarchy and inverse
hierarchy are discussed and found be at the order eV with a total mass eV, which is testable in future precision astrophysics and cosmology.Comment: 14 pages, it is explicitly shown that the smallness for both the
charged-lepton mixing and neutrino masses with the standard seesaw mechanism
can naturally be explained by the approximate global U(1) family symmetries
of vacuum structure in the SU(3) gauge family model, references added,
published version in PL
Tri-Bimaximal Neutrino Mixing and Discrete Flavour Symmetries
We review the application of non-Abelian discrete groups to Tri-Bimaximal
(TB) neutrino mixing, which is supported by experiment as a possible good first
approximation to the data. After summarizing the motivation and the formalism,
we discuss specific models, mainly those based on A4 but also on other finite
groups, and their phenomenological implications, including the extension to
quarks. The recent measurements of \theta_13 favour versions of these models
where a suitable mechanism leads to corrections to \theta_13 that can naturally
be larger than those to \theta_12 and \theta_23. The virtues and the problems
of TB mixing models are discussed, also in connection with lepton flavour
violating processes, and the different approaches are compared.Comment: 26 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables. V3 submitted to add an acknowledgment
to a network. Review written for the special issue on "Flavor Symmetries and
Neutrino Oscillations", published in Fortschritte der Physik - Progress of
Physic
TFH Mixing Patterns, Large and Flavor Symmetry
We perform a comprehensive analysis of the Toorop-Feruglio-Hagedorn (TFH)
mixing patterns within the family symmetry . The general neutrino
mass matrix for the TFH mixing and its symmetry properties are investigated.
The possible realizations of the TFH mixing in are analyzed in the
minimalist approach. We propose two dynamical models which produce the TFH
mixing patterns at leading order. The full flavor symmetries are
and
respectively. The next to leading order terms introduce corrections of order
to the three mixing angles in both models. The allowed mixing
patterns are studied under the condition that the Klein four subgroups and the
cyclic subgroups with are preserved in the neutrino and the
charged lepton sector respectively. We suggest that the deformed tri-bimaximal
mixing is a good leading order approximation to understanding a largish reactor
angle.Comment: 43 pages, 2 figure
Higgs Low-Energy Theorem (and its corrections) in Composite Models
The Higgs low-energy theorem gives a simple and elegant way to estimate the
couplings of the Higgs boson to massless gluons and photons induced by loops of
heavy particles. We extend this theorem to take into account possible nonlinear
Higgs interactions resulting from a strong dynamics at the origin of the
breaking of the electroweak symmetry. We show that, while it approximates with
an accuracy of order a few percents single Higgs production, it receives
corrections of order 50% for double Higgs production. A full one-loop
computation of the gg->hh cross section is explicitly performed in MCHM5, the
minimal composite Higgs model based on the SO(5)/SO(4) coset with the Standard
Model fermions embedded into the fundamental representation of SO(5). In
particular we take into account the contributions of all fermionic resonances,
which give sizeable (negative) corrections to the result obtained considering
only the Higgs nonlinearities. Constraints from electroweak precision and
flavor data on the top partners are analyzed in detail, as well as direct
searches at the LHC for these new fermions called to play a crucial role in the
electroweak symmetry breaking dynamics.Comment: 30 pages + appendices and references, 12 figures. v2: discussion of
flavor constraints improved; references added; electroweak fit updated,
results unchanged. Matches published versio
Broken S3 Symmetry in the Neutrino Mass Matrix and Non-Zero theta_{13}
We study the effects of breaking S3 symmetry in the neutrino mass matrix for
the masses and mixing matrix of neutrinos. At zeroth order the model gives
degenerate neutrino masses and accommodates tribimaximal mixing. We introduce
perturbations in terms of a small and complex parameter. The perturbations are
introduced in a manner such that the S3 symmetry is broken by its elements in
the same representation. Successive perturbations introduce mass splitting,
sizable non-zero reactor mixing angle and CP violation. This scheme of breaking
S3 symmetry can reproduce a relatively large reactor mixing angle as suggested
by the recent T2K results. The effective neutrino mass is predicted to be large
which is testable in the ongoing and forthcoming neutrinoless double beta decay
experiments.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, references adde
Near Maximal Atmospheric Mixing in Neutrino Mass Matrices with Two Vanishing Minors
In the flavor basis there are seven cases of two vanishing minors in the
neutrino mass matrix which can accommodate the present neutrino oscillation
data including the recent T2K data. It is found that two of these cases, namely
and predict near maximal atmospheric neutrino mixing in the limit
of large effective neutrino mass. This feature remains irrespective of the
values of solar and reactor mixing angles. A non-zero reactor mixing angle is
naturally accommodated in these textures.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.
UV Completions of Composite Higgs Models with Partial Compositeness
We construct UV completions of bottom-up models with a pseudo Nambu- Goldstone Boson (NGB) composite Higgs and partial compositeness, admitting a weakly coupled description of the composite sector. This is identified as the low energy description of an SO(N) supersymmetric gauge theory with matter fields in the fundamental of the group. The Higgs is a NGB associated to an SO(5)/SO(4) coset of a global symmetry group and is identified with certain components of matter fields in a Seiberg dual description of the theory. The Standard Model (SM) gauge fields are obtained by gauging a subgroup of the global group. The mass mixing between elementary SM and composite fermion fields advocated in partial compositeness arise from the flow in the IR of certain trilinear Yukawa couplings defined in the UV theory. We explicitly construct two models of this kind. Most qualitative properties of the bottom-up constructions are derived. The masses of gauge and fermion resonances in the composite sector are governed by different couplings and can naturally be separated. Accommodating all SM fermion masses within the partial compositeness paradigm remains the main open problem, since the SM gauge couplings develop Landau poles at unacceptably low energies. \ua9 2013 SISSA
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