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An A_5 Model of Four Lepton Generations

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-06-24 v2

Abstract

We study the lepton sector of a four generations model based on the discrete flavor group A5A_5 (the even permutation of five objects). The best features of the three family A4A_4 model survive, including the tribimaximal pattern of three generation neutrino mixings. At leading order the three light neutrino mass relations of mν1=mν3m_{\nu_1} = m_{\nu_3} and mν2=0m_{\nu_2} = 0 are predicted. The splitting of the neutrino masses can be naturally obtained as a result of the breaking of A5A_{5} down to A4A_4 and a degenerate spectrum is preferred in our model. In our A5A_5 model, the electron mass is zero at tree level, but calculable through quantum corrections.

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@article{arxiv.1011.3199,
  title  = {An A_5 Model of Four Lepton Generations},
  author = {Chian-Shu Chen and Thomas W. Kephart and Tzu-Chiang Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3199},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

20 pages, 3 figures, and 3 tables; references and Appendix C added, version accepted for publication in JHEP

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