Leptonic Dynamical Yukawa Couplings

Jun 25, 2013
17 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 08 (2013) 069
  • Published: 2013
e-Print:
Report number:
  • IFT-UAM-CSIC-13-071,
  • CERN-PH-TH-2013-146,
  • FTUAM-13-15,
  • DFPD-2013-TH-10

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Abstract: (Springer)
A dynamical origin of the Yukawa couplings is a promising scenario to explain the flavour puzzle. The focus of this letter is set on the role of the neutrino Majorana character: when an O(2)(N) flavour symmetry acts on the right-handed neutrino sector, the minimum of the scalar potential allows for large mixing angles -in contrast to the simplest quark case- and predicts a maximal Majorana phase. This leads to a strong correlation between neutrino mass hierarchy and mixing pattern. Realistic solutions point to the existence of three heavy right-handed neutrinos.
Note:
  • 8 pages. V2: references added; results unchanged
  • Beyond Standard Model
  • Neutrino Physics
  • coupling: Yukawa
  • neutrino: Majorana
  • neutrino: right-handed
  • neutrino: mass
  • neutrino: mass: hierarchy
  • neutrino: mixing
  • potential: scalar
  • symmetry: flavor