scholarly journals Modular origin of mass hierarchy: Froggatt-Nielsen like mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitomi Kuranaga ◽  
Hiroshi Ohki ◽  
Shohei Uemura
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Symmetry ◽  
Double Covering ◽  
Mass Hierarchy ◽  
Mixing Angles ◽  
Quark Sector ◽  
High Energies ◽  
Common Representation ◽  
Modular Groups ◽  
Covering Groups

Abstract We study Froggatt-Nielsen (FN) like flavor models with modular symmetry. The FN mechanism is a convincing solution to the flavor puzzle in the quark sector. The FN mechanism requires an extra U(1) gauge symmetry which is broken at high energies. Alternatively, in the framework of modular symmetry the modular weights can play the role of the FN charges of the extra U(1) symmetry. Based on the FN-like mechanism with modular symmetry we present new flavor models for the quark sector. Assuming that the three generations have a common representation under the modular symmetry, our models simply reproduce the FN-like Yukawa matrices. We also show that the realistic mass hierarchy and mixing angles, which are related to each other through the modular parameters and a scalar vev, can be realized in models with several finite modular groups (and their double covering groups) without unnatural hierarchical parameters.

scholarly journals PRIVATE HIGGS AT THE LHC

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (28) ◽  
pp. 1350149 ◽  
Author(s):  
YONI BENTOV ◽  
A. ZEE
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Vacuum Expectation ◽  
Mass Hierarchy ◽  
Neutrino Mixing ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Expectation Values ◽  
Mixing Angles ◽  
Yukawa Couplings

We study the LHC phenomenology of a general class of "Private Higgs" (PH) models, in which fermions obtain their masses from their own Higgs doublets with [Formula: see text] Yukawa couplings, and the mass hierarchy is translated into a dynamical chain of vacuum expectation values. This is accomplished by introducing a number of light gauge-singlet scalars, the "darkons," some of which could play the role of dark matter. These models allow for substantial modifications to the decays of the lightest Higgs boson, for instance through mixing with TeV-scale PH fields and light darkons: in particular, one could accommodate [Formula: see text] flavor-uncorrelated deviations from the SM [Formula: see text] vertices with TeV-scale degrees of freedom. We also discuss a new implementation of the PH framework, in which the quark and neutrino mixing angles arise as one-loop corrections to the leading order picture.

The role of 75H in fermion mass hierarchy

1984 ◽  
Vol 134 (6) ◽  
pp. 425-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihn E. Kim ◽  
Murat Özer
Keyword(s):  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Mass Hierarchy

scholarly journals A multi-component SIMP model with U(1)X → Z2 × Z3

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Min Choi ◽  
Jinsu Kim ◽  
Pyungwon Ko ◽  
Jinmian Li
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gauge Symmetry ◽  
Mass Difference ◽  
Massive Particle ◽  
Large Mass ◽  
Small Mass ◽  
Dark Matter Candidate ◽  
Mass Hierarchy ◽  
New Class ◽  
Matter Fields

Abstract Multi-component dark matter scenarios are studied in the model with U(1)X dark gauge symmetry that is broken into its product subgroup Z2 × Z3 á la Krauss-Wilczek mechanism. In this setup, there exist two types of dark matter fields, X and Y, distinguished by different Z2 × Z3 charges. The real and imaginary parts of the Z2-charged field, XR and XI, get different masses from the U(1)X symmetry breaking. The field Y, which is another dark matter candidate due to the unbroken Z3 symmetry, belongs to the Strongly Interacting Massive Particle (SIMP)-type dark matter. Both XI and XR may contribute to Y’s 3 → 2 annihilation processes, opening a new class of SIMP models with a local dark gauge symmetry. Depending on the mass difference between XI and XR, we have either two-component or three-component dark matter scenarios. In particular two- or three-component SIMP scenarios can be realised not only for small mass difference between X and Y, but also for large mass hierarchy between them, which is a new and unique feature of the present model. We consider both theoretical and experimental constraints, and present four case studies of the multi-component dark matter scenarios.

scholarly journals The role of gauge symmetry in spintronics

2011 ◽  
Vol 326 (12) ◽  
pp. 3067-3074 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.F. Sobreiro ◽  
V.J. Vasquez Otoya
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Symmetry

scholarly journals HADRON PRODUCTION IN NEUTRINO–NUCLEON INTERACTIONS AT HIGH ENERGIES

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 673-683
Author(s):  
M. T. HUSSEIN ◽  
N. M. HASSAN ◽  
W. ELHARBI
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Particle Production ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Neutrino Energy ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Variation Method ◽  
Hypothetical Model ◽  
High Energies ◽  
Color Field

The multi-particle productions in neutrino–nucleon collisions at high energy are investigated through the analysis of the data of the experiment CERN-WA-025 at neutrino energy less than 260 GeV and the experiments FNAL-616 and FNAL-701 at energy range 120–250 GeV. The general features of these experiments are used as base to build a hypothetical model that views the reaction through a Feynman diagram of two vertices. The first of which concerns the weak interaction between the neutrino and the quark constituents of the nucleon. At the second vertex, a strong color field is assumed to play the role of particle production, which depend on the momentum transferred from the first vertex. The wave functions of the nucleon constituent quarks are determined using the variation method and relevant boundary conditions are applied to calculate the deep inelastic cross sections of the virtual diagram.

scholarly journals ON FERMION MASS HIERARCHY WITH EXTRA DIMENSIONS

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 29-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
KOICHI YOSHIOKA
Keyword(s):  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Large Extra Dimensions ◽  
Atmospheric Neutrino ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Mass Hierarchy ◽  
Mixing Angles ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Matter Fields ◽  
Neutrino Masses And Mixings

Recently, various phenomenological implications of the existence of extra space–time dimensions have been investigated. In this letter, we construct a model with realistic fermion mass hierarchy with (large) extra dimensions beyond the usual four dimensions. In this model, it is assumed that some matter fields live in the bulk and the others are confined to our four-dimensional wall. It can naturally reproduce the quark and lepton mass hierarchy and mixing angles without any symmetry arguments. We also discuss some possibilities of obtaining suitable neutrino masses and mixings for the solar and atmospheric neutrino problems.

scholarly journals Threshold effects and renormalization group evolution of neutrino parameters in TeV scale seesaw models

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (22) ◽  
pp. 1450114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srubabati Goswami ◽  
Subrata Khan ◽  
Sasmita Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Factorization Method ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Threshold Effects ◽  
Mixing Angles ◽  
Group Evolution ◽  
Analytic Expressions

We consider the threshold effect on the renormalization group (RG) evolution of the neutrino masses and mixing angles in TeV scale seesaw models. We obtain the analytic expressions using the factorization method in the presence of threshold effects. We also perform numerical study of RG effects in two specific low scale seesaw models following the bottom-up approach and ascertain the role of seesaw thresholds in altering the values of masses and mixing angles during RG evolution.

Order and Magnitude Share a Common Representation in Parietal Cortex

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 2114-2120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Franklin ◽  
John Jonides
Keyword(s):  
Distance Effect ◽  
Number Line ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
Mental Number Line ◽  
Numerical Magnitude ◽  
Intraparietal Sulcus ◽  
Ordinal Information ◽  
Common Representation ◽  
Distance Effects

The role of the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) in the representation of numerical magnitude is well established. Recently, there has also been speculation that the IPS is involved in the representation of ordinal information as well. These claims, however, overlook the fact that all neuroimaging paradigms in which participants make judgments about either magnitude and/or order result in a behavioral distance effect (i.e., the comparison is easier when the stimuli span a greater distance). This leaves open two possibilities: It may be that activation of the IPS is due to the mechanism that yields distance effects, or it may be that the IPS is involved in the representation of information about both magnitude and order. The current study used fMRI to compare a magnitude task in which participants show distance effects to an order-judgment task that yields reverse-distance effects. The results reveal activation of the IPS for both the magnitude and order tasks that is based on participants' strategies as opposed to the actual distance between the numbers. This leads to the conclusion that the IPS represents a mental number line, and that accessing this line can lead to distance effects when participants compare magnitudes and to reverse-distance effects when participants check for order.

scholarly journals QUARK AND LEPTON MASS MATRICES WITH A4 FAMILY SYMMETRY

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (05) ◽  
pp. 1383-1393 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIDEYUKI SAWANAKA
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Neutrino Mixing ◽  
Family Symmetry ◽  
Mixing Angles ◽  
Quark Masses ◽  
Quark Sector ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
Mixing Matrix ◽  
Current Experimental Data

Realistic quark masses and mixing angles are obtained applying the successful A4 family symmetry for leptons, motivated by the quark-lepton assignments of SU (5). The A4 symmetry is suitable to give tri-bimaximal neutrino mixing matrix which is consistent with current experimental data. We study new scenario for the quark sector with the A4 symmetry.

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