English

Scalar clockwork and flavor neutrino mass matrix

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-10-06 v3

Abstract

We study the capability of generating correct flavor neutrino mass matrix in a scalar clockwork model. First, we assume that the flavor structure is controlled by the Yukawa couplings as same as the standard model. In this case, the correct flavor neutrino mass matrix could be obtained by appropriate Yukawa couplings YY_{\ell^\prime\ell} where ,=e,μ,τ\ell^\prime, \ell = e, \mu, \tau. Next, we assume that the Yukawa couplings are extremely democratic Y=1|Y_{\ell^\prime\ell} |=1. In this case, the model parameters of the scalar clockwork sector, such as the site number of a clockwork gear in a clockwork chain, should have the flavor indices \ell^\prime and/or \ell to generate correct flavor neutrino mass matrix. We show some examples of the assignments of the flavor indices which can yield the correct flavor neutrino mass matrix.

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@article{arxiv.2003.06550,
  title  = {Scalar clockwork and flavor neutrino mass matrix},
  author = {Teruyuki Kitabayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.06550},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

25 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics