Gravitationally violated U(1) symmetry and neutrino anomalies

dc.creatorJoshipura, Anjan S.
dc.date1998-08-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:35:31Z
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dc.descriptionThe current searches for neutrino oscillations seem to suggest an approximate $L_e-L_\m-L_τ$ flavor symmetry. This symmetry implies a pair of degenerate neutrinos with mass $m_0$ and large leptonic mixing. We explore the possibility that gravitational interactions break this global symmetry. The Planck scale suppressed breaking of the $L_e-L_\m-L_τ$ symmetry is shown to lead to the right amount of splitting among the degenerate neutrinos needed in order to solve the solar neutrino problem. The common mass $m_0$ of the pair can be identified with the atmospheric neutrino scale. A concrete model is proposed in which smallness of $m_0$ and hierarchy in the solar and atmospheric neutrino scales get linked to hierarchies in the weak, grand unification and the Planck scales.
dc.description12 pages, LATEX
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9808261
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9808261
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D60:053002,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.60.053002
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/198618
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleGravitationally violated U(1) symmetry and neutrino anomalies
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