Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1999-11-15
Phys.Lett.B478:215-223,2000
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
LaTeX, 12 pages, no figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00282-3
We consider the seesaw mechanism of neutrino mass generation in the light of our present knowledge of the neutrino masses and mixing. We analyse the seesaw mechanism constrained by the following assumptions: (1) minimal seesaw with no Higgs triplets, (2) hierarchical Dirac masses of neutrinos, (3) large lepton mixing primarily or solely due to the mixing in the right-handed neutrino sector, and (4) unrelated Dirac and Majorana sectors of neutrino masses. We show that large mixing governing the dominant channel of the atmospheric neutrino oscillations can be naturally obtained and point out that this constrained seesaw mechanism favours the normal mass hierarchy for the light neutrinos leading to a small $V_{e3}$ entry of the lepton mixing matrix and a mass scale of the lightest right handed neutrino $M\simeq 10^{10} - 10^{11}$ GeV. Any of the three main neutrino oscillation solutions to the solar neutrino problem can be accommodated. The inverted mass hierarchy and quasi-degeneracy of neutrinos are disfavoured in our scheme.
Akhmedov Eugene Kh.
Branco Gustavo C.
Rebelo M. N.
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