A timeon model of quark and lepton mass matrices

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2009.05.009zbMATH Open1172.81020arXiv0904.1640OpenAlexW3098972942MaRDI QIDQ734745FDOQ734745

Authors: D. Kharzeev 

Publication date: 13 October 2009

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is proposed that $T$ violation in physics, as well as the masses of electron and $u,d$ quarks, arise from a pseudoscalar interaction with a new spin 0 field $au(x)$, odd in $P$ and $T$, but even in $C$. This interaction contains a factor $igamm{a}_5$ in the quark and lepton Dirac algebra, so that the full Hamiltonian is $P$, $T$ conserving; but by spontaneous symmetry breaking, the new field $au(x)$ has a nonzero expectation value $<au>eq0$ that breaks $P$ and $T$ symmetry. Oscillations of $au(x)$ about its expectation value produce a new particle, the "timeon". The mass of timeon is expected to be high because of its flavor-changing properties. The main body of the paper is on the low energy phenomenology of the timeon model. As we shall show, for the quark system the model gives a compact 3-dimensional geometric picture consisting of two elliptic plates and one needle, which embodies the ten observables: six quark masses, three Eulerian angles $het{a}_{12},het{a}_{23},het{a}_{31}$ and the Jarlskog invariant of the CKM matrix. For leptons, we assume that the neutrinos do not have a direct timeon interaction; therefore, the lowest neutrino mass is zero. The timeon interaction with charged leptons yields the observed nonzero electron mass, analogous to the up and down quark masses. Furthermore, the timeon model for leptons contains two fewer theoretical parameters than observables. Thus, there are two testable relations between the three angles $het{a}_{12},het{a}_{23},het{a}_{31}$ and the Jarlskog invariant of the neutrino mapping matrix.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.1640

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zbMATH Keywords

CKM matrix\(CP\) and \(T\) violationJarlskog invariantneutrino mapping matrixtimeon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15)

Cites Work

• Jarlskog invariant of the neutrino mapping matrix

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