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Rescuing Grand Unification Scenario for Neutrino Mass

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-07-19 v1

Abstract

The see-saw mechanism for neutrino masses based on the Grand Unification leads to the mass of the heaviest neutrino (ντ\approx \nu_{\tau}) in the range (23)103(2 - 3)\cdot 10^{-3} eV and hence to a solution of the solar neutrino problem through the νeν\t\nu_e-\nu_\t conversion. We suggest the existence of a light singlet fermion SS which mixes predominantly with muon neutrino through the mixing mass mμsO(1)m_{\mu s} \sim O(1) eV. The introduction of such a singlet allows one (i) to solve the atmospheric neutrino problem via the νμS\nu_{\mu} \leftrightarrow S oscillations, (ii) to explain the LSND result and (iii) to get two component hot dark matter in the Universe. The phenomenology of this scenario is considered and the origin of the singlet as well as of the scale m\msm_{\m s} is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9806376,
  title  = {Rescuing Grand Unification Scenario for Neutrino Mass},
  author = {Anjan S. Joshipura and A. Yu. Smirnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9806376},
  year   = {2011}
}

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