Majorana CP violation in approximately - symmetric models with (M_)=0

Abstract: We discuss effects of Majorana CP violation in a model-independent way for a given phase structure of flavor neutrino masses. To be more predictive, we confine ourselves to models with

d e t (M_{u}) = 0

, where

M_{u}

is a flavor neutrino mass matrix, and to be consistent with observed results of the neutrino oscillation, the models are subject to an approximate

m u

-

a u

symmetry. There are two categories of approximately

m u

-

a u

symmetric models classified as (C1) yielding

s i n^{2} 2 h e t a_{23} a p p r o x 1

and

s i n^{2} h e t a_{13} l l 1

and (C2) yielding

s i n^{2} 2 h e t a_{23} a p p r o x 1

and

D e l t a m_{o} d o t^{2} / | D e l t a m_{a t m}^{2} | l l 1

, where

h e t a_{23 (13)}

stands for the mixing of massive neutrinos

u_{2}

and

u_{3}

(

u_{1}

and

u_{3}

) and

D e l t a m_{o} d o t^{2}

(

D e l t a m_{a t m}^{2}

) stands for the mass squared difference for atmospheric (solar) neutrinos. The Majorana phase can be large for the normal mass hierarchy and for the inverted mass hierarchy with

m_{1} a p p r o x - m_{2}

only realized in (C1) while they are generically small for the inverted mass hierarchy with

m_{1} a p p r o x m_{2}

in both (C1) and (C2). These results do not depend on a specific choice of phases in

M_{u}

but hold true in any models with

d e t (M_{u}) = 0

because of the rephasing invariance.

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