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Simple Connection Between Atmospheric and Solar Neutrino Vacuum Oscillations

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

Extending the minimal standard model of particle interactions (without right-handed singlet neutrinos) to include a heavy scalar triplet ξ\xi to obtain nonzero Majorana neutrino masses, I derive the following simple realistic connection between atmospheric and solar neutrino vacuum oscillations: (Δm2)sol(Δm2)atm/mν4 (sin22θ)atm=2I2(\Delta m^2)_{sol} (\Delta m^2)_{atm} / m_\nu^4 ~(\sin^2 2 \theta)_{atm} = 2 I^2, where mνm_\nu is the assumed common approximate mass of each neutrino (which may be suitable for hot dark matter) and I=(3/16π2)(GF/2)mτ2ln(mξ2/mW2)I = (3/16 \pi^2)(G_F/\sqrt 2) m_\tau^2 \ln (m_\xi^2/m_W^2) comes from the radiative splitting of the degeneracy due to the charged leptons.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9902392,
  title  = {Simple Connection Between Atmospheric and Solar Neutrino Vacuum Oscillations},
  author = {Ernest Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9902392},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett