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Geometrical Model for Non-Zero theta_13

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-05-29 v4

Abstract

Based on Friedberg and Lee's geometric picture by which the tribimaximal Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakawaga-Sakata leptonic mixing matrix is constructed, namely, corresponding mixing angles correspond to the geometric angles among the sides of a cube. We suggest that the three realistic mixing angles, which slightly deviate from the values determined for the cube, are due to a viable deformation from the perfectly cubic shape. Taking the best-fitted results of θ12\theta_{12} and θ23\theta_{23} as inputs, we determine the central value of sin22θ13\sin^22\theta_{13} should be 0.0238, with a relatively large error tolerance; this value lies in the range of measurement precision of the Daya Bay experiment and is consistent with recent results from the T2K Collaboration.

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@article{arxiv.1106.3133,
  title  = {Geometrical Model for Non-Zero theta_13},
  author = {Jun-Mou Chen and Bin Wang and Xue-Qian Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3133},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

14 pages, 7 figures. Published version in Phys. Rev. D

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