Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2010-12-07
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
13 pages, 9 figures; matches published version, changes in notation
Scientific paper
We study perturbations of exactly tri-bimaximal neutrino mixings under the assumption that they are coming solely from the charged lepton mass matrix. This may be plausible in scenarios where the mass generation mechanisms of neutrinos and charged leptons/quarks have a different origin. As a working hypothesis, we assume mass textures which may be generated by the Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism for the charged lepton and quark sectors, which generically leads to strong hierarchies, whereas the neutrino sector is exactly tri-bimaximal with a mild (normal) hierarchy. We find that in this approach, deviations from maximal atmospheric mixing can be introduced without affecting theta_13 and theta_12, whereas a deviation of theta_13 or theta_12 from its tri-bimaximal value will inevitably lead to a similar-sized deviation of the other parameter. Therefore, the already very precise knowledge of theta_12 points towards small sin^2(2 theta_13) <= 0.01. The magnitude of this deviation can be controlled by the specific form of the charged lepton texture.
Meloni Davide
Plentinger Florian
Winter Walter
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