Post on 18-Dec-2015
Neutrinos and Flavour
G.G.Ross, Coseners House, May 03
What is the origin of the Quark and lepton masses, mixing angles and CP violating phases?
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?d lGUTM M
(2) (2) ?L RSU SU(2) (2) ?L RSU SU
Family?Family?
DATA :
iu
Mixing
1 0.218 0.224 0.002 0.005
0.218 0.224 1 0.032 0.048
0.004 0.015 0.03 0.048 1CKMV
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1GeV
i id il
1210 910 610 310 310
Masses
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ij ijM Y H
, ,u i c j d i c jYukawa ij ijL Y Q u H Y Q d H
THEORY :
0.72 0.89 0.45 0.69 0.2
0.24 0.58 0.39 0.76 0.52 0.84
0.24 0.58 0.39 0.76 0.53 0.84MNSV
Data Theory ?
†u uL Diag RM V M V
†d dL Diag RM U M U
†CKM L LV V U
Underconstrained – need mixing angles but only VCKM measured.
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Hierarchy Democracy
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m
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M
mm
Hierarchy
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b
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Symmetric fit
Asymmetric fit
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RobertsRomaninoGGRVelasco Sevilla
Data Theory
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m
Georgi Jarlskog
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e
mM
m
Extension to charged leptons – GUT?
Family symmetries
Hierarchical structure strongly suggests a broken symmetry
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
2
0 0 0
0 0
0 0 1
a
0
2(1),OM
a
MESSENGER SECTOR?
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j
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FAMILY SYMMETRY? Froggatt, Nielsen
6Abelian, Non-Abelian (U(3))
Abelian Family symmetry (1)U
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1
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b
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Ibanez GGR
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s
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uM lM ?M
M Asymmetric charge assignment :
23
13
13
4 3 3
3 2 2
1 1
R
R
R
d
s
b
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3 3 3
L L Ld s b
}
Large mixing… maximal?
3 3
3
3
0
(1) (1)
(1) (1)
2
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1
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L
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effM
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c
c
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c
d
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S dU
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Ramond et al, Jack, Jones, …..
Non-Abelian family symmetry
Near Bi (-Tri) maximal mixing suggests Non-Abelian symmetrycapable of relating e
Candidate group?
63: ( )Kinetic c cL L L LL U
Numerous suggestions for the symmetries of effM C3, S3, A4…
Harrison, Scott, PerkinsBabu, Ma, ValleWetterich…
But can such structures be consistent with all quark and lepton masses?
U(2), U(3)Various attempts :Barbieri et al,Chkareuli, Froggattt, NielsenKing, GGR….
King, GGR
8 3 3
3 2 2
3 2 1
d
b
z zM
z w wm
z w
Coefficients equal due to SU(2)family symmetry d
s
mcb mV
(10) (3) familySO U
(4) (2) (2)L RSU SU SU
Maximal, large mixing, SUSY flavour problem
: d l uM M M MGUT q l
: ')(2) (d uR
lU M MS M M
form of from U(3) symmetryMSRHD M
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23 23
1 ici j
j HM
23 (0, , )i x x
3
Possible with “see-saw”
Extension to neutrinos???
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( ) / 2b ea
( ) / 2a
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Majorana Mass1
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3
M
M
M M M M
M
M
Dirac Mass
100
10-1
10
10-2
10-3
10-4
eV
King, GGR
SUMMARY
The measurement of neutrino properties is testing our ideas about the origin of flavour and raises interesting questions :
Is there a connection between quarks and leptons?
GUT?
Tests?
, [ ] [ ],d lb Xm m Det M Det M Seesaw M
Is there a family symmetry?
Abelian? Non-Abelian?
Origin of the hierarchy?
Froggatt Nielsen? Radiative corrections? New spatial dimensions?
Origin of CP violation?
Spontaneous?
b
texture zeros
...GUT relations,
Precision tests . ..
...m m
Flavour changing neutral currents Mass matrix structure
, ,u c t, ,u c t
, ,..g W
, ,..g W
d
d
s
s
Probes RH angles
e , ,e
W W2 2
2 2
312 10c u
c u
m m
m m
2 2
2 2
312 10e
e
m m
m
l
m
22 , , , , ,R Ri i R Rq u q l em
232 2 1,2 1,2 1,2 31,2 3
22 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 21 13 23 ,, ,
R R R RL
i ii i q l u d u dMM M
m m m m m m m
soft mass speSUSY ctrum
SUSY CP : If CP is spontaneously broken in flavon sector the
SUSY CP violating phases are natural
prob
ly s
em
l
l
mal
TESTS?
Vives, GGR, Velasco Sevilla
Neutrino texture zero ?
3 1,2 DRHD M M
*312 1 2
*1 2 1
2 213 12 det
. . Wm M mm M m W
W W
2
313 12 2sin sin emmm m
2/ 2 2 1n 1
2
210MM
Ibarra, GGR
2β decay,leptogenesis
† †. . . .D MNS lM mY D R D U U
Casas,Ibarra
0 cos sin
0 sin cos
1 0 0
z z
z z
}
†W
, ,D D D M1,1 1,1 0 ; 1, 2 2,1 (Y diagonal )l l l
DY Y Y Y
CHOOZ
(SUSY) Textures : FCNC, CP constraints
4 3 3
2
23
2
2
1
d
b
M
m
( , 0 0)dm S Q
0 0
( )
S Q
A
( )
CP
A
?Gauge mediat
SUGRA
ion
Vives, GGR