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Neutrino Masses in a 5D TeV Unification Model
We study the generation of neutrino masses in the electroweak
unified theory in spacetime. By appropriate
orbifolding, the bulk symmetry is broken into
at one of the fixed points, where the quarks reside. The leptons form
triplets, localized at the other symmetric fixed point. The fermion masses
arise from the bulk Higgs sector containing a triplet and an anti-sextet. We
construct neutrino Majorana masses via 1-loop quantum corrections by adding a
parity odd bulk triplet scalar. No right-handed neutrino is needed. The
neutrino mass matrix is of the inverted hierarchy type. We show that the model
can easily accommodate the bi-large mixing angle solution favored by the recent
neutrino experiments without much fine tuning of parameters. The constraints
from \mu\ra 3e transition and neutrinoless double beta decays are discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
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