QCD axion and neutrino physics induced by hidden flavor structure

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2020.115210zbMATH Open1472.81265arXiv1912.09038OpenAlexW3082551125MaRDI QIDQ823052FDOQ823052

Authors: Y. H. Ahn, Xiaojun Bi 

Publication date: 24 September 2021

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

Abstract: We study the reasonable requirements of two anomalous $U(1)$s in a flavored-axion framework for the anomaly cancellations of both $U(1)$-mixed gravity and $U(1{)}_{Y}imes[U(1){]}^2$ which in turn determine the $U(1{)}_Y$ charges where $U(1{)}_Y$ is the hypercharge gauge symmetry of the standard model. We argue that, with a flavor symmetry group, axion-induced topology in symmetry-broken phases plays crucial roles in describing how quarks and leptons are organized at a fundamental level and make deep connections with each other. A unified model, as an example, is then proposed in a simple way to describe a whole spectrum of particles where both flavored-axion interactions with normal matter and the masses and mixings of fermions emerge from the spontaneous breaking of a given symmetry group. Once a scale of active neutrino mass defined at a seesaw scale is fixed by the commensurate $U(1)$ flavored-PQ charge of fermions, that of QCD axion decay constant $F_A$ is determined. In turn, fundamental physical parameters complementary to each other are predicted with the help of precision flavor experiments. Model predictions are extracted on the characteristics of neutrino and flavored-axion: $F_A=3.57_{,-1.53}^{,+1.52}imes10^{10}$ GeV (consequently, QCD axion mass $m_a=1.52_{-0.46}^{+1.14}imes10^{-4}$ eV, axion to photon coupling $|g_{agammagamma}|=2.15_{-0.64}^{+1.61}imes10^{-14},ext{GeV}^{-1}$, axion to electron coupling $g_{Aee}=3.29_{-0.98}^{+2.47}imes10^{-14}$, etc.); atmospheric mixing angle $het{a}_{23}$, Dirac CP phase $delt{a}_{CP}$, and $${it-decay rate} for normal mass ordering and inverted one by taking quantum corrections into account.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.09038

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

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