Generalized - symmetry and discrete subgroups of O(3)

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2015.07.062zbMATH Open1364.81149arXiv1507.01235OpenAlexW1558182494MaRDI QIDQ2396535FDOQ2396535

Ketan M. Patel, Anjan S. Joshipura

Publication date: 8 June 2017

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The generalized $mu$-$au$ interchange symmetry in the leptonic mixing matrix $U$ corresponds to the relations: $|U_{mui}|=|U_{aui}|$ with $i=1,2,3$. It predicts maximal atmospheric mixing and maximal Dirac CP violation given $het{a}_{13}eq0$. We show that the generalized $mu$-$au$ symmetry can arise if the charged lepton and neutrino mass matrices are invariant under specific residual symmetries contained in the finite discrete subgroups of $O(3)$. The groups $A_4$, $S_4$ and $A_5$ are the only such groups which can entirely fix $U$ at the leading order. The neutrinos can be (a) non-degenerate or (b) partially degenerate depending on the choice of their residual symmetries. One obtains either vanishing or very large $het{a}_{13}$ in case of (a) while only $A_5$ can provide $het{a}_{13}$ close to its experimental value in the case (b). We provide an explicit model based on $A_5$ and discuss a class of perturbations which can generate fully realistic neutrino masses and mixing maintaining the generalized $mu$-$au$ symmetry in $U$. Our approach provides generalization of some of the ideas proposed earlier in order to obtain the predictions, $het{a}_{23}=pi/4$ and $delt{a}_{mCP}=pmpi/2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.01235

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25)

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Cited In (7)

• Flavor structures of charged fermions and massive neutrinos
• Cobimaximal neutrino mixing from \(\mathrm{S}_{3}\times \mathrm{Z}_{2}\)
• Cobimaximal lepton mixing from soft symmetry breaking
• Almost exact diagonal reflection symmetries and three-zero texture
• Mu-tau reflection symmetry with a texture-zero
• Littlest inverse seesaw model
• \(\Delta (27)\) flavor singlet-triplet Higgs model for fermion masses and mixings

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