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Horizontal Symmetries $\Delta(150)$ and $\Delta(600)$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-12 v2

Abstract

Using group theory of mixing to examine all finite subgroups of SU(3) with an order less than 512, we found recently that only the group Δ(150)\Delta(150) can give rise to a correct reactor angle th13\th_{13} of neutrino mixing without any free parameter. It predicts sin22th13=0.11\sin^22\th_{13}=0.11 and a sub-maximal atmospheric angle with sin22th23=0.94\sin^22\th_{23}=0.94, in good agreement with experiment. The solar angle th12\th_{12}, the CP phase \d\d, and the neutrino masses mim_i are left as free parameters. In this article we provide more details of this case, discuss possible gain and loss by introducing right-handed symmetries, and/or valons to construct dynamical models. A simple model is discussed where the solar angle agrees with experiment, and all its mixing parameters can be obtained from the group Δ(600)\Delta(600) by symmetry alone. The promotion of Δ(150)\Delta(150) to Δ(600)\Delta(600) is on the one hand analogous to the promotion of S3S_3 to S4S_4 in the presence of tribimaximal mixing, and on the other hand similar to the extension from A4A_4 to S4S_4 in that case.

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@article{arxiv.1301.1736,
  title  = {Horizontal Symmetries $\Delta(150)$ and $\Delta(600)$},
  author = {C. S. Lam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.1736},
  year   = {2015}
}

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version to appear in Phys. Rev. D