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Fermion Mixings in SU(9) Family Unification

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-05 v3

Abstract

In an SU(9) model of gauged family unification, we propose an explanation for why angles observed in the lepton flavor ({\it PMNS}) mixing matrix are significantly larger than those measured for any analagous quark flavor ({\it KM}) mixing angle. It is directly related to a see-saw mechanism that we assume to be responsible for the generation of neutrino masses. Our model is more constrained and therefore even more predictive than a model previously proposed by Barr.

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@article{arxiv.0904.3084,
  title  = {Fermion Mixings in SU(9) Family Unification},
  author = {Paul H. Frampton and Thomas W. Kephart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.3084},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Explanation of mixing angles