Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2003-05-12
Nucl.Phys. B677 (2004) 451-470
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
22 pages, 2 figures. References added, modified comment on neutrino masses, published version
Scientific paper
We discuss a toy model in six dimensions that predicts two fermion generations, natural mass hierarchy and intergenerational mixing. Matter is described by vector-like six dimensional fermions, one per each irreducible standard model representation. Two fermion generations arise from the compactification mechanism, through orbifold projection. They are localized in different regions of the compact space by a six dimensional mass term. Flavour symmetry is broken via Yukawa couplings, with a Higgs vacuum expectation value not constant in the extra space. A hierarchical spectrum is obtained from order one dimensionless parameters of the six dimensional theory. The Cabibbo angle arises from the soft breaking of six dimensional parity symmetry. We also briefly discuss how the present model could be extended to cover the realistic case.
Biggio Carla
Feruglio Ferruccio
Masina Isabella
Perez-Victoria Manuel
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