Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-12-10
Nucl.Phys.B800:77-93,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
18 pages
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.02.008
We construct a simple model of fermion masses based on a spontaneously broken S3 X Z3 flavour group. At the leading order, in the neutrino sector S3 is broken down to a \nu_\mu-\nu_\tau parity subgroup that enforces a maximal atmospheric mixing angle and a vanishing \theta_{13}. In the charged lepton sector the \nu_\mu-\nu_\tau parity is maximally broken and the resulting mass matrix is nearly diagonal. The charged lepton mass hierarchy is automatically reproduced by the S3 symmetry breaking parameter alone. A careful analysis shows that, after the inclusion of all relevant subleading effects, the model predicts \theta_{23}=\pi/4+O(\lambda_c^2) and \theta_{13}=O(\lambda_c^2), \lambda_c denoting the Cabibbo angle. A simple extension to the quark sector is also illustrated, where the mass spectrum and the mixing angles are naturally reproduced, with the exception of the mixing angle between the first two generations, that requires a small accidental enhancement.
Feruglio Ferruccio
Lin Yin
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