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Neutrino Masses in a 5D $SU(3)_W$ TeV Unification Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-07-19 v1

Abstract

We study the generation of neutrino masses in the SU(3)WSU(3)_W electroweak unified theory in M4×S1/(Z2×Z2)M_4\times S_1/(Z_2\times Z'_2) spacetime. By appropriate orbifolding, the bulk symmetry SU(3)WSU(3)_W is broken into SU(2)L×U(1)YSU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y at one of the fixed points, where the quarks reside. The leptons form SU(3)WSU(3)_W triplets, localized at the other symmetric fixed point. The fermion masses arise from the bulk Higgs sector containing a triplet and an anti-sextet. We construct neutrino Majorana masses via 1-loop quantum corrections by adding a parity odd bulk triplet scalar. No right-handed neutrino is needed. The neutrino mass matrix is of the inverted hierarchy type. We show that the model can easily accommodate the bi-large mixing angle solution favored by the recent neutrino experiments without much fine tuning of parameters. The constraints from μ\ra3e\mu\ra 3e transition and neutrinoless double beta decays are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0301271,
  title  = {Neutrino Masses in a 5D $SU(3)_W$ TeV Unification Model},
  author = {Chia-Hung V. Chang and We-Fu Chang and John N. Ng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0301271},
  year   = {2011}
}

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14 pages, 4 figures