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Relating small neutrino masses and mixing

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-27 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Experiments on neutrino oscillations have uncovered several small parameters, θ13\theta_{13} being a prominent one. Others are the solar mass splitting {\em vis-\`{a}-vis} the atmospheric one and the deviation of θ23\theta_{23} from maximal mixing. In this talk we elaborate on a neutrino mass model based on the see-saw mechanism in which the mixing angles to start with are either vanishing (θ13\theta_{13} and θ12\theta_{12}) or π/4\pi/4 (θ23\theta_{23}). The atmospheric mass splitting is taken as a part of this initial structure but the solar splitting is absent. A perturbative contribution, originating from a Type-I see-saw, results in non-zero values of θ13\theta_{13}, θ12\theta_{12}, Δmsolar2\Delta m^2_{solar}, and shifts θ23\theta_{23} slightly from π/4\pi/4, interrelating them all. The model incorporates CP-violation, the phase δ\delta being close to 3π\pi/2 for (a) quasi-degeneracy or (b) inverted mass ordering. It will be put to test as the neutrino parameters get better determined.

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@article{arxiv.1504.01555,
  title  = {Relating small neutrino masses and mixing},
  author = {Soumita Pramanick and Amitava Raychaudhuri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.01555},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Talk given by A. Raychaudhuri at the International Conference on Massive Neutrinos, IAS, NTU, Singapore, February 2015; to appear in the Proceedings; based closely on arXiv:1411:0320, v2: One typo fixed, v3: Published version, minor typographical changes, references updated

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