scholarly journals TEXTURE-ZERO MODEL FOR THE LEPTON MASS MATRICES

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (28) ◽  
pp. 1250159 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. FERREIRA ◽  
L. LAVOURA
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Type I ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
Neutrino Mass Spectrum ◽  
Texture Zero ◽  
Vanishing Elements ◽  
Reactor Mixing

We suggest a simple model, based on the type-I seesaw mechanism, for the lepton mass matrices. The model hinges on an Abelian symmetry which leads to mass matrices with some vanishing matrix elements. The model predicts one massless neutrino and Meμ = 0 (M is the effective light-neutrino Majorana mass matrix). We show that these predictions agree with the present experimental data if the neutrino mass spectrum is inverted, i.e. if m3 = 0, provided the Dirac phase δ is very close to maximal (±π/ 2). In the case of a normal neutrino mass spectrum, i.e. when m1 = 0, the agreement of our model with the data is imperfect — the reactor mixing angle θ13 is too small in our model. Minimal leptogenesis is not an option in our model due to the vanishing elements in the Yukawa-coupling matrices.

scholarly journals Re-examination of Two Zero Texture of Neutrino Mass Matrix After Neutrino-2012

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thanh Phong
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Neutrino Mass Matrix ◽  
Normal Hierarchy ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
Neutrino Mass Spectrum ◽  
Current Experimental Data

We re-study the seven neutrino mass matrices with two independent vanishing entries under the latest results of neutrino oscillation experiments after the neutrino - 2012 conference. It is shown that the pattern B 1 could be excluded since this pattern realizes very small value of mixing angle theta13. The remain six textures satisfy the current experimental data. We also find that all seven textures of neutrino mass matrix possess the normal hierarchy of neutrino mass spectrum. 

scholarly journals Type II seesaw origin of nonzero θ13, δCP and leptogenesis

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (22) ◽  
pp. 1450108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debasish Borah
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Neutrino Mass Matrix ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
Yukawa Couplings ◽  
Minimal Structure ◽  
Reactor Mixing ◽  
The Universe

We discuss the possible origin of nonzero reactor mixing angle θ13 and Dirac CP phase δ CP in the leptonic sector from a combination of type I and type II seesaw mechanisms. Type I seesaw contribution to neutrino mass matrix is of tri-bimaximal (TBM) type which gives rise to vanishing θ13 leaving the Dirac CP phase undetermined. If the Dirac neutrino mass matrix is assumed to take the diagonal charged lepton (CL) type structure, such a TBM type neutrino mass matrix originating from type I seesaw corresponds to real values of Dirac Yukawa couplings in the terms [Formula: see text]. This makes the process of right-handed heavy neutrino decay into a light neutrino and Higgs (N → νH) CP preserving ruling out the possibility of leptogenesis. Here we consider the type II seesaw term as the common origin of nonzero θ13 and δ CP by taking it as a perturbation to the leading order TBM type neutrino mass matrix. First, we numerically fit the type I seesaw term by taking oscillation as well as cosmology data and then compute the predictions for neutrino parameters after the type II seesaw term is introduced. We consider a minimal structure of the type II seesaw term and check whether the predictions for neutrino parameters lie in the 3σ range. We also compute the predictions for baryon asymmetry of the universe by considering type II seesaw term as the only source of CP violation and compare it with the latest cosmology data.

Understanding of two-zero textures of neutrino mass matrices in minimal extended seesaw mechanism and their symmetry realization

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1950059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahadev Patgiri ◽  
Priyanka Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Type I ◽  
Number Of Zeros ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
Texture Zero ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
The Right

We study the texture zeros of [Formula: see text] neutrino mass matrices [Formula: see text] in the minimal extended type-I seesaw (MES) mechanism, incorporating one extra gauge singlet field “[Formula: see text]”. The [Formula: see text]  MES model deals with [Formula: see text]  [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]  [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] mass matrix [Formula: see text] which couples the right-handed neutrinos and the singlet field “[Formula: see text]”. We carry out the mapping of all possible zero textures of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] with the restriction to phenomenologically predictive cases having total eight zeros of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] studied in the literature. If [Formula: see text], the sterile neutrino mass, is subject to any limit, further block diagonalization of [Formula: see text] shall not be allowed to reduce it to a [Formula: see text] matrix. In [Formula: see text]  [Formula: see text] scenario, the study of texture zero is totally different and interesting. With this motivation, we consider the [Formula: see text] scheme where the digits of the pair represent the number of zeros of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively, along with the one/two-zero textures of [Formula: see text]. There are a large number of possibilities of zeros of fermion mass matrices, but the implementation of [Formula: see text] transformations reduces it to a very minimum number of basic structures. As the [Formula: see text] MES matrix is a matrix of rank 3, so we consider only those textures with two zeros which are of rank 3 whereby the number of feasible zero textures reduces to 12, out of 15. On realizing these 12 textures under MES mechanism with [Formula: see text] picture, we arrive at certain correlations for each texture. We examine the viability of each texture by scanning their respective correlations under recent neutrino oscillation data. Also, we discuss the interplay of Dirac and Majorana CP phases in determining the viability of a texture. The allowed two-zero textures are finally realized using a discrete Abelian flavor symmetry group [Formula: see text] with the extension of Standard Model to include some scalar fields.

scholarly journals Investigating the Hybrid Textures of Neutrino Mass Matrix for Near Maximal Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Madan Singh
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Atmospheric Neutrino ◽  
Zero Element ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Mixing ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Reactor Mixing ◽  
Majorana Neutrino Mass

We have studied that the implication of a large value of the effective Majorana neutrino mass in case of neutrino mass matrices has either two equal elements and one zero element (popularly known as hybrid texture) or two equal cofactors and one zero minor (popularly known as inverse hybrid texture) in the flavor basis. In each of these cases, four out of sixty phenomenologically possible patterns predict near maximal atmospheric neutrino mixing angle in the limit of large effective Majorana neutrino mass. This feature remains irrespective of the experimental data on solar and reactor mixing angles. In addition, we have also performed the comparative study of all the viable cases of hybrid and inverse hybrid textures at 3σ CL.

scholarly journals A discrete anatomy of the neutrino mass matrix

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (33) ◽  
pp. 1450179
Author(s):  
G. K. Leontaris ◽  
N. D. Vlachos
Keyword(s):  
Finite Group ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Neutrino Mass Matrix ◽  
Linear Combinations ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
Mixing Matrix ◽  
Charged Leptons

We investigate the possibility of expressing the charged leptons and neutrino mass matrices as linear combinations of elements of a single finite group. Constraints imposed on the resulting mixing matrix by current data restrict the group types, but allow a nonzero value for the θ13 mixing angle.

scholarly journals Hybrid textures of neutrino mass matrix under the lamppost of latest neutrino and cosmology data

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (06) ◽  
pp. 1650008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupam Kalita ◽  
Debasish Borah
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Mass Formula ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Zero Element ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Mass Matrix ◽  
Type I ◽  
Mass Matrices

In this paper, we study all possible neutrino mass matrices with one zero element and two equal nonzero elements, known as hybrid texture neutrino mass matrices. In the diagonal charged lepton basis, we consider 39 such possible cases which are consistent with the latest neutrino data. Using the two constraints on neutrino mass matrix elements imposed by hybrid textures, we numerically evaluate the neutrino parameters like the lightest neutrino mass [Formula: see text], one Dirac CP phase [Formula: see text] and two Majorana CP phases [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] by using the global fit [Formula: see text] values of three mixing angles and two mass squared differences. We then constrain this parameter space by using the cosmological upper bound on the sum of absolute neutrino masses given by Planck experiment. We also calculate the effective neutrino mass [Formula: see text] for this region of parameter space which can have relevance in future neutrinoless double beta decay experiments. We finally discriminate between these hybrid texture mass matrices from the requirement of producing correct baryon asymmetry through type I seesaw leptogenesis. We also constrain the light neutrino parameter space as well as the lightest right-handed neutrino mass from the constraint on baryon asymmetry of the Universe from Planck experiment.

scholarly journals Relating lepton mixing angles with lepton mass hierarchy

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (04n05) ◽  
pp. 1650002
Author(s):  
Debasish Borah
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Mass Hierarchy ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
Mixing Angles ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
Model Independent ◽  
The Difference

We revisit the possibility of relating lepton mixing angles with lepton mass hierarchies in a model-independent way. Guided by the existence of such relations in the quark sector, we first consider all the mixing angles, both in charged lepton and neutrino sectors to be related to the respective mass ratios. This allows us to calculate the leptonic mixing angles observed in neutrino oscillations as functions of the lightest neutrino mass. We show that for both normal and inverted hierarchical neutrino masses, this scenario does not give rise to correct leptonic mixing angles. We then show that correct leptonic mixing angles can be generated with normal hierarchical neutrino masses if the relation between mixing angle and mass ratio is restricted to 1–2 and 1–3 mixing in both charged lepton and neutrino sectors leaving the 2–3 mixing angles as free parameters. We then restrict the lightest neutrino mass as well as the difference between 2–3 mixing angles in charged lepton and neutrino sectors from the requirement of producing correct leptonic mixing angles. We constrain the lightest neutrino mass to be around 0.002 eV and leptonic Dirac CP phase [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text]. We also construct the leptonic mass matrices in terms of 2–3 mixing angles and lightest neutrino mass and briefly comment on the possibility of realizing texture zeros in the neutrino mass matrix.

scholarly journals The Effects of Majorana Phases in Estimating the Masses of Neutrinos

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 1860100
Author(s):  
Ng. K. Francis ◽  
Ankur Nath
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Diagonal Form ◽  
Type I ◽  
Unknown Parameters ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
The Masses

Majorana CP violating phases coming from heavy right-handed Majorana mass matrices([Formula: see text]) are considered to estimate the masses of neutrinos. The effects of phases on quasi-degenerate neutrinos mass matrix obeying [Formula: see text] symmetry predicts the results consistent with observations for (i) solar mixing angle([Formula: see text]) below TBM, (ii) absolute neutrino mass parameters[[Formula: see text]] in neutrinoless double beta([Formula: see text]) decay, and (iii) cosmological upper bound [Formula: see text]. Analysis is carried out through parameterization of light left-handed Majorana neutrino matrices ([Formula: see text]) using only two unknown parameters ([Formula: see text]) within [Formula: see text] symmetry. We consider the charge lepton and up quark matrices as diagonal form of Dirac neutrino mass matrix ([Formula: see text]), and [Formula: see text] are generated using [Formula: see text] through inversion of Type-I seesaw formula. The analysis shows that the masses of neutrinos are in agreement with the upper bound from cosmology and neutrinoless double beta decay. The results presented in this article will have important implications in discriminating the neutrinos mass models.

scholarly journals What if θ13 is small?

2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 621-623
Author(s):  
C S Lam
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Neutrino Mass Matrix ◽  
Inverted Hierarchy ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
The Right

In the basis where the charged lepton mass matrix is diagonal, the left-handed neutrino mass matrix is invariant under the permutation of the second and third generations if, and only if, the reactor angle θ13 is zero and the atmospheric mixing angle θ23 is maximal. In the presence of the seesaw mechanism, this symmetry leads to an inverted hierarchy, with m3 = 0. This inverted mass spectrum is doubly protected if the right-handed neutrinos also have a 2–3 symmetry.PACS No.: 14.60Pq

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