168 research outputs found
Bimaximal Neutrino Mixing with Discrete Flavour Symmetries
In view of the fact that the data on neutrino mixing are still compatible
with a situation where Bimaximal mixing is valid in first approximation and it
is then corrected by terms of order of the Cabibbo angle, we present examples
where these properties are naturally realized. The models are supersymmetric in
4-dimensions and based on the discrete non-Abelian flavour symmetry S4.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure; contribution prepared for DISCRETE'10 - Symposium
on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetrie
Nonzero and Neutrino Masses from Modified Neutrino Mixing Matrix
The nonzero and relatively large have been reported by Daya
Bay, T2K, MINOS, and Double Chooz Collaborations. In order to accommodate the
nonzero , we modified the tribimaximal (TB), bimaxima (BM), and
democratic (DC) neutrino mixing matrices. From three modified neutrino mixing
matrices, two of them (the modified BM and DC mixing matrices) can give nonzero
which is compatible with the result of the Daya Bay and T2K
experiments. The modified TB neutrino mixing matrix predicts the value of
greater than the upper bound value of the latest experimental
results. By using the modified neutrino mixing matrices and impose an
additional assumption that neutrino mass matrices have two zeros texture, we
then obtain the neutrino mass in normal hierarchy when
for the neutrino mass matrix from the
modified TB neutrino mixing matrix and for
the neutrino mass matrix from the modified DC neutrino mixing matrix. For these
two patterns of neutrino mass matrices, either the atmospheric mass squared
difference or the solar mass squared difference can be obtained, but not both
of them simultaneously. From four patterns of two zeros texture to be
considered on the obtained neutrino mass matrix from the modified BM neutrino
mixing matrix, none of them can predict correctly neutrino mass spectrum
(normal or inverted hierarchy).Comment: 13 pages, no figure, some references added, and slight revision due
to reviewer(s) comments, to be published in IJMP
A flavour of family symmetries in a family of flavour models
The Standard Model of Particle Physics has many (19) free parameters, most of which (13) are related to the masses and mixing angles of the elementary fermions (quarks and leptons). If we include neutrino masses, even 22 of the 28 parameters are related to the fermion mass sector. Although these parameters can in principle be completely random, there seems to be a lot of structure here: highly hierarchical masses for the quarks and charged leptons and very peculiar mixing angles for the neutrinos. We can use family symmetries to explain this structure. In models with family symmetry, there is not only the (gauge) symmetry between the types of particles, but also a symmetry between the different families. In this thesis, we consider several model building applications of family symmetriesUBL - phd migration 201
Large theta_13 from a model with broken L_e-L_mu-L_tau symmetry
Recent data in the neutrino sector point towards a relatively large value of
the reactor angle, incompatible with a vanishing theta_ 13 at about 3 sigma. In
order to explain such a result, we propose a SUSY model based on the broken
L_e-L_mu-L_tau symmetry, where large deviations from the symmetric limit
theta_12 = pi/4, tan(theta_23) \sim O(1) and theta_13 = 0 mainly come from the
charged lepton sector. We show that a description of all neutrino data is
possible if the charged lepton mass matrix has a special pattern of complex
matrix elements.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures. v2: comments and references added, as published
in JHE
The Impact of Flavour Changing Neutral Gauge Bosons on B->X_s gamma
The branching ratio of the rare decay B->X_s gamma provides potentially
strong constraints on models beyond the Standard Model. Considering a general
scenario with new heavy neutral gauge bosons, present in particular in Z' and
gauge flavour models, we point out two new contributions to the B->X_s gamma
decay. The first one originates from one-loop diagrams mediated by gauge bosons
and heavy exotic quarks with electric charge -1/3. The second contribution
stems from the QCD mixing of neutral current-current operators generated by
heavy neutral gauge bosons and the dipole operators responsible for the B->X_s
gamma decay. The latter mixing is calculated here for the first time. We
discuss general sum rules which have to be satisfied in any model of this type.
We emphasise that the neutral gauge bosons in question could also significantly
affect other fermion radiative decays as well as non-leptonic two-body B
decays, epsilon'/epsilon, anomalous (g-2)_mu and electric dipole moments.Comment: 31 pages, 5 figures; version published on JHEP; added magic QCD
numbers for flavour-violating Z gauge boson contribution to B -> X_s gamm
Diurnal rhythmicity in breast-milk glucocorticoids, and infant behavior and sleep at age 3 months
Purpose: In previous studies, associations between breast-milk cortisol levels obtained on one occasion and infant neurodevelopment were demonstrated. However, more recent evidence indicates that breast-milk cortisol and cortisone concentrations follow the diurnal rhythm of maternal hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, peaking in the early morning and with a nadir at midnight. We studied associations between breast-milk glucocorticoid (GC) rhythmicity, and infant behavior and sleep. Methods: We included 59 mothers, and their infants, of whom 17 had consulted an expert center during pregnancy for an increased risk of psychological distress. At 1 month postpartum, breast milk was sampled (on averag
Discrete symmetries and models of flavor mixing
Evidences of a discrete symmetry behind the pattern of lepton mixing are
analyzed. The program of "symmetry building" is outlined. Generic features and
problems of realization of this program in consistent gauge models are
formulated. The key issues include the flavor symmetry breaking, connection of
mixing and masses, {\it ad hoc} prescription of flavor charges, "missing"
representations, existence of new particles, possible accidental character of
the TBM mixing. Various ways are considered to extend the leptonic symmetries
to the quark sector and to reconcile them with Grand Unification. In this
connection the quark-lepton complementarity could be a viable alternative to
TBM. Observational consequences of the symmetries and future experimental tests
of their existence are discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures. Talk given at the Symposium "DISCRETE 2010", 6 -
11 December 2010, La Sapienza, Rome, Ital
Leptons in Holographic Composite Higgs Models with Non-Abelian Discrete Symmetries
We study leptons in holographic composite Higgs models, namely in models
possibly admitting a weakly coupled description in terms of five-dimensional
(5D) theories. We introduce two scenarios leading to Majorana or Dirac
neutrinos, based on the non-abelian discrete group which is
responsible for nearly tri-bimaximal lepton mixing. The smallness of neutrino
masses is naturally explained and normal/inverted mass ordering can be
accommodated. We analyze two specific 5D gauge-Higgs unification models in
warped space as concrete examples of our framework. Both models pass the
current bounds on Lepton Flavour Violation (LFV) processes. We pay special
attention to the effect of so called boundary kinetic terms that are the
dominant source of LFV. The model with Majorana neutrinos is compatible with a
Kaluza-Klein vector mass scale TeV, which is roughly the
lowest scale allowed by electroweak considerations. The model with Dirac
neutrinos, although not considerably constrained by LFV processes and data on
lepton mixing, suffers from a too large deviation of the neutrino coupling to
the boson from its Standard Model value, pushing TeV.Comment: 37 pages, 4 figures; v2: Note added in light of recent T2K and MINOS
results, figures updated with new limit from MEG, references added, various
minor improvements, matches JHEP published versio
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