Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-02-11
Nucl.Phys. B705 (2005) 239-268
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
35 pages, 10 figures; minor corrections; version published in Nucl. Phys. B
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.10.049
We propose a type II upgrade of type I see-saw models leading to new classes of models where partially degenerate neutrinos are as natural as hierarchical ones. The additional type II contribution to the neutrino mass matrix, which determines the neutrino mass scale, is forced to be proportional to the unit matrix by a SO(3) flavour symmetry. The type I see-saw part of the neutrino mass matrix, which controls the mass squared differences and mixing angles, may be governed by sequential right-handed neutrino dominance and a natural alignment for the SO(3)-breaking vacuum. We focus on classes of models with bi-large mixing originating from the neutrino mass matrix although we also briefly discuss other classes of models where large mixing stems from the charged lepton mass matrix. We study renormalization group corrections to the neutrino mass squared differences and mixings and find that the low energy values do not depend sensitively on the high energy values for partially degenerate neutrinos with a mass scale up to about 0.15 eV. Our scenario predicts the effective mass for neutrinoless double beta decay to be approximately equal to the neutrino mass scale and therefore neutrinoless double beta decay will be observable if the neutrino mass spectrum is partially degenerate. We also find that all observable CP phases as well as $\theta_{13}$ become small as the neutrino mass scale increases.
Antusch Stefan
King Steve F.
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