Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2005-10-11
Phys.Rev. D73 (2006) 015002
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
12 pages, RevTex, references updated, version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.015002
Relying upon the usefulness of the \mu-\tau symmetry, we find a new type of neutrino mass texture with a single phase parameter \delta that describes maximal atmospheric neutrino mixing and Dirac CP violation due to the presence of \delta. The Majorana phase associated with the third massive neutrino turns out to be identical to the Dirac phase while other Majorana phases vanish. The nonvanishing reactor neutrino mixing angle \theta_{13} is induced by a \mu-\tau symmetry breaking effect. Flavor neutrino masses that supply the \mu-\tau symmetry breaking terms become pure imaginary for \delta=\pm \pi/2, leading to maximal CP violation. There is a parameter denoted by \eta, which is either O(\sqrt{\Delta m^2_\odot/\Delta m^2_{atm}}) in the normal mass hierarchy, or O(\Delta m^2_\odot/\Delta m^2_{atm}) in the inverted mass hierarchy. In the inverted mass hierarchy, the contribution of O(\sin^2\theta_{13}) is found to be significant and cannot be neglected. Our texture also leads to quasi degenerate neutrinos with masses of O(\sqrt{\Delta m^2_{atm}}), which serves as the scale for the effective neutrino mass in (\beta\beta)_{0\nu}-decay. This texture does not include \eta, and \Delta m^2_\odot naturally arises from contributions of O(\sin^2\theta_{13}) to give \Delta m^2_\odot/\Delta m^2_{atm}\sim\sin^2\theta_{13}, yielding the prediction of \sin^2\theta_{13}=O(10^{-2}).
Aizawa Ichiro
Yasue Masaki
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