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Neutrino Mass Anarchy

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-09-29 v2

Abstract

What is the form of the neutrino mass matrix which governs the oscillations of the atmospheric and solar neutrinos? Features of the data have led to a dominant viewpoint where the mass matrix has an ordered, regulated pattern, perhaps dictated by a flavor symmetry. We challenge this viewpoint, and demonstrate that the data are well accounted for by a neutrino mass matrix which appears to have random entries.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9911341,
  title  = {Neutrino Mass Anarchy},
  author = {Lawrence Hall and Hitoshi Murayama and Neal Weiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9911341},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, RevTeX. Minor changes, reference added

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