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Can the Lepton Flavor Mixing Matrix Be Symmetric?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Current neutrino oscillation data indicate that the 3x3 lepton flavor mixing matrix V is likely to be symmetric about its V_{e3}-V_{\mu 2}-V_{\tau 1} axis. This off-diagonal symmetry corresponds to three pairs of {\it congruent} unitarity triangles in the complex plane. Terrestrial matter effects can substantially modify the genuine CP-violating parameter and off-diagonal asymmetries of V in realistic long-baseline experiments of neutrino oscillations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0204050,
  title  = {Can the Lepton Flavor Mixing Matrix Be Symmetric?},
  author = {Zhi-zhong Xing},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0204050},
  year   = {2009}
}

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