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Predicting neutrino parameters from SO(3) family symmetry and quark-lepton unification

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

We show how the neutrino mixing angles and oscillation phase can be predicted from tri-bimaximal neutrino mixing, corrected by charged lepton mixing angles which are related to quark mixing angles via quark-lepton unification. The tri-bimaximal neutrino mixing can naturally originate from the see-saw mechanism via constrained sequential dominance (CSD), where CSD can result from the vacuum alignment of a non-Abelian family symmetry such as SO(3). We construct a realistic model of quark and lepton masses and mixings based on SO(3) family symmetry with quark-lepton unification based on the Pati-Salam gauge group. The atmospheric angle is predicted to be approximately maximal θ23=45\theta_{23}= 45^\circ, corrected by the quark mixing angle θ23CKM2.4\theta_{23}^{\mathrm{CKM}}\approx 2.4^\circ, with the correction controlled by an undetermined phase in the quark sector. The solar angle is predicted by the tri-bimaximal complementarity relation: θ12+12θC3cos(δπ)35.26\theta_{12}+ \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\frac{\theta_{\mathrm{C}}}{3} \cos (\delta - \pi) \approx 35.26^\circ , where θC\theta_{\mathrm{C}} is the Cabibbo angle and δ\delta is the neutrino oscillation phase. The reactor angle is predicted to be θ1312θC33.06\theta_{13} \approx \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\frac{\theta_{\mathrm{C}}}{3}\approx 3.06^\circ. The MNS neutrino oscillation phase δ\delta is predicted in terms of the solar angle to be cos(δπ)(35.26θ12)/3.06\cos (\delta - \pi) \approx (35.26^\circ - \theta_{12}^\circ)/3.06^\circ . These predictions can all be tested by future high precision neutrino oscillation experiments, thereby probing the nature of high energy quark-lepton unification.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0506297,
  title  = {Predicting neutrino parameters from SO(3) family symmetry and quark-lepton unification},
  author = {S. F. King},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0506297},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

24 pages; references modified, footnote extended, version to appear in JHEP