Second octant favored for non-maximal _23

Abstract: One of the most robust relationships predicted by binary tetrahedral (

T^{'}

) flavor symmetry relates the reactor neutrino angle

h e t a_{13}

to the atmospheric neutrino angle

h e t a_{23}

, independently of

h e t a_{12}

. It has the form

h e t a_{13} = s q r t 2 | f r a c p i 4 - h e t a_{23} |

. When this prediction first appeared in 2008,

h e t a_{13}

was consistent with zero and

h e t a_{23}

with

p i / 4

. Non-zero

h e t a_{13}

was established by Daya Bay in 2012. Non-zero

| f r a c p i 4 - h e t a_{23} |

is now favored by the NO

u

A experiment and, for

h e t a_{23}

, the aforementioned

T^{'}

relation selects the second octant (

h e t a_{23} > f r a c p i 4

) over the first octant (

h e t a_{23} < f r a c p i 4

). This analysis initially assumes CP conservation in the lepton sector, but leptonic CP violation is discussed and it is shown that this specific

T^{'}

relationship is invariant.

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