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A new model for the quark mass matrices

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

I present a new model for the quark mass matrices, which uses four scalar doublets together with a horizontal symmetry S3 x Z3. The model is inspired on a suggestion made a few years ago by Ma, but it is different. The predictions |Vts| \approx ms/mb and |Vub/Vcb| > 0.085 are obtained. Flavour-changing neutral Yukawa interactions do not exist in the down-type-quark sector.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9907538,
  title  = {A new model for the quark mass matrices},
  author = {L. Lavoura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9907538},
  year   = {2009}
}

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