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Large and small hierarchies from finite modular symmetries

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-12-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study the moduli stabilization by the radiative corrections due to the moduli dependent vector-like masses invariant under the finite modular symmetry. The radiative stabilization mechanism can stabilize the modulus τ\tau of the finite modular symmetry ΓN\Gamma_N (NNN \in \mathbb{N}) at Imτ1\mathrm{Im}\,\tau \gg 1, where the shift symmetry ττ+1\tau \to \tau+1 remains unbroken approximately. The shift symmetry can be considered as the residual ZN\mathbb{Z}_N symmetry which realizes the Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism with the hierarchy parameter e2πImτ/N1e^{- 2\pi \mathrm{Im}\,\tau/N} \ll 1. In this work, we study the stabilization of multiple moduli fields, so that various hierarchical values of the modular forms coexist in a model. For example, one modulus stabilized at Imτ13\mathrm{Im}\,\tau_1 \sim 3 is responsible for the hierarchical structure of the quarks and leptons in the Standard Model, and another modulus stabilized at Imτ215\mathrm{Im}\,\tau_2 \sim 15 can account for the flatness of the Reτ2\mathrm{Re}\,\tau_2 direction which may be identified as the QCD axion.

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@article{arxiv.2412.18435,
  title  = {Large and small hierarchies from finite modular symmetries},
  author = {Tetsutaro Higaki and Junichiro Kawamura and Tatsuo Kobayashi and Kaito Nasu and Riku Sakuma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.18435},
  year   = {2024}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures