Predicting neutrino parameters from SO(3) family symmetry and quark-lepton unification
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 , corrected by the quark mixing angle , with the correction controlled by an undetermined phase in the quark sector. The solar angle is predicted by the tri-bimaximal complementarity relation: , where is the Cabibbo angle and is the neutrino oscillation phase. The reactor angle is predicted to be . The MNS neutrino oscillation phase is predicted in terms of the solar angle to be . These predictions can all be tested by future high precision neutrino oscillation experiments, thereby probing the nature of high energy quark-lepton unification.
Cite
@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