Common origin of θ_{13} and Δm^2_{12} in a model of neutrino mass with quaternion symmetry

dc.creatorFrigerio, Michele
dc.creatorMa, Ernest
dc.date2007-08-01
dc.date2007-11-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:18:20Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:18:20Z
dc.descriptionThe smallness of the 1-3 lepton mixing angle $θ_{13}$ and of the neutrino mass-squared-difference ratio $Δm^2_{12}/Δm^2_{23}$ can be understood as the departure from a common limit where they both vanish. We discuss in general the conditions for realizing the mass degeneracy of a pair of neutrinos and show that the vanishing of a CP violating phase is needed. We find that the discrete quaternion group Q of eight elements is the simplest family symmetry which correlates the smallness of $Δm^2_{12}$ to the value of $θ_{13}$. In such a model we predict $0.12\lesssim \sinθ_{13} \lesssim 0.2$ if the ordering of the neutrino mass spectrum is normal, and $\sinθ_{13}\lesssim 0.12$ if it is inverted.
dc.descriptionrevtex, 7 pages, 6 pdf figures; Appendix added discussing in detail the alignment of VEVs
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0166
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0166
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:096007,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.096007
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193309
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleCommon origin of θ_{13} and Δm^2_{12} in a model of neutrino mass with quaternion symmetry
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