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

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.

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (27) ◽  
pp. 1750168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahadev Patgiri ◽  
Priyanka Kumar ◽  
Debojit Sarma

In our work, we study the texture zeros of [Formula: see text] in the minimal extended type-I seesaw (MES) with incorporating one extra gauge singlet field “[Formula: see text]”. The MES models deal with the Dirac neutrino mass matrix [Formula: see text], the right-handed Majorana mass matrix [Formula: see text] and the sterile neutrino mass matrix [Formula: see text]. We carry out the mapping of all possible zero textures of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for phenomenologically predictive cases having total eight zeros of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] studied in the literature. With this motivation, we consider (a) [Formula: see text] scheme, (b) [Formula: see text] scheme and (c) [Formula: see text] scheme, where the digits of a pair represent the number of zeros of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively along with the one zero and 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. Interestingly out of four allowed one zero textures of [Formula: see text] without sterile neutrino, only three cases ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]) are allowed in MES mechanism for the [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] schemes. We find some correlations for different combination of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] on enforcement of zeros. We examined all the correlations under the recent neutrino oscillation data and find that only [Formula: see text] survives while both [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are ruled out. Interestingly the one zero textures inherently represent the inverted hierarchy of the mass ordering of light neutrinos. No two zero textures of [Formula: see text] survive in MES although there are a number of allowed structures phenomenologically. The allowed texture zeros are finally realized using a discrete Abelian flavor symmetry group [Formula: see text] with the extension of standard model to include some scalar fields.


2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (28) ◽  
pp. 1250159 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. FERREIRA ◽  
L. LAVOURA

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.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (07) ◽  
pp. 501-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. DEV ◽  
SHIVANI GUPTA ◽  
RADHA RAMAN GAUTAM

We study the existence of one/two texture zeros or one/two vanishing minors in the neutrino mass matrix with μτ symmetry. In the basis where the charged lepton mass matrix and the Dirac neutrino mass matrix are diagonal, the one/two zeros or one/two vanishing minors on the right-handed Majorana mass matrix having μτ symmetry will propagate via seesaw mechanism as one/two vanishing minors or one/two texture zeros in the neutrino mass matrix with μτ symmetry respectively. It is found that only five such texture structures of the neutrino mass matrix are phenomenologically viable. For tribimaximal mixing, these texture structures reduce the number of free parameters to one. Interesting predictions are obtained for the effective Majorana mass Mee, the absolute mass scale and the Majorana-type CP violating phases.


2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (06) ◽  
pp. 1650008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupam Kalita ◽  
Debasish Borah

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.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (25) ◽  
pp. 3629-3640 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. NIMAI SINGH ◽  
MAHADEV PATGIRI

We study the origin of neutrino masses and mixing angles which can accommodate the LMA MSW solutions of the solar neutrino anomaly as well as the solution of the atmospheric neutrino problem, within the framework of the see-saw mechanism. We employ the diagonal form of the Dirac neutrino mass matrices with the physical masses as diagonal elements in the hierarchical order. Such a choice has been motivated from the fact that the known CKM angles for the quark sector, are relatively small. We consider both possibilities where the Dirac neutrino mass matrix is either the charged lepton or the up-quark mass matrix within the framework of SO(10) GUT with or without supersymmetry. The nonzero texture of the right-handed Majorana neutrino mass matrix M R is used for the generation of the desired bimaximal mixings in a model independent way. Both hierarchical and inverted hierarchical models of the left-handed Majorana neutrino mass matrices are generated and then discussed with examples. The see-saw mass scale which is kept as a free parameter, is predicted in all the examples.


2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (13) ◽  
pp. 1650077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avtandil Achelashvili ◽  
Zurab Tavartkiladze

Aiming to relate leptonic CP violating phase [Formula: see text] to the cosmological CP asymmetry, we study the extension of MSSM by two quasi-degenerate (strictly degenerate at tree level) right-handed neutrinos and consider all possible two texture zero [Formula: see text] Yukawa matrices plus one [Formula: see text] dimension five [Formula: see text] operator contributing to the light neutrino mass matrix. We classify all experimentally viable mass matrices, leading to several predictions, and analytically derive predictive relations. We also relate the CP violating [Formula: see text] phase to the CP phase of the thermal leptogenesis.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (29) ◽  
pp. 1850167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Fukuyama ◽  
Nobuchika Okada

Alternative renormalizable minimal non-SUSY SO(10) GUT model is proposed. Instead of a 126-dimensional Higgs field, a 120-dimensional Higgs filed is introduced in addition to a 10-dimensional Higgs field and plays a crucial role to reproduce the realistic charged fermion mass matrices. With contributions of 120 Higgs field, the original Witten’s scenario of inducing the right-handed Majorana neutrino mass through 2-loop diagrams becomes phenomenologically viable. This model inherits the nice features of the conventional renormalizable minimal SO(10) GUT model with [Formula: see text] Higgs fields, while supplemented with a low scale seesaw mechanism due to the 2-loop induced right-handed Majorana neutrino mass.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Escudero ◽  
Jacobo Lopez-Pavon ◽  
Nuria Rius ◽  
Stefan Sandner

Abstract At present, cosmological observations set the most stringent bound on the neutrino mass scale. Within the standard cosmological model (ΛCDM), the Planck collaboration reports ∑mv< 0.12 eV at 95 % CL. This bound, taken at face value, excludes many neutrino mass models. However, unstable neutrinos, with lifetimes shorter than the age of the universe τν ≲ tU, represent a particle physics avenue to relax this constraint. Motivated by this fact, we present a taxonomy of neutrino decay modes, categorizing them in terms of particle content and final decay products. Taking into account the relevant phenomenological bounds, our analysis shows that 2-body decaying neutrinos into BSM particles are a promising option to relax cosmological neutrino mass bounds. We then build a simple extension of the type I seesaw scenario by adding one sterile state ν4 and a Goldstone boson ϕ, in which νi→ ν4ϕ decays can loosen the neutrino mass bounds up to ∑mv ∼ 1 eV, without spoiling the light neutrino mass generation mechanism. Remarkably, this is possible for a large range of the right-handed neutrino masses, from the electroweak up to the GUT scale. We successfully implement this idea in the context of minimal neutrino mass models based on a U(1)μ−τ flavor symmetry, which are otherwise in tension with the current bound on ∑mv.


1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEN-ITI MATUMOTO ◽  
DAIJIRO SUEMATSU

We apply the empirical quark mass matrices to the lepton sector and study the solar neutrino problem and the atmospheric vμ deficit problem simultaneously. We show that their consistent explanation is possible on the basis of these matrices. The lepton sector mass matrices need the phase structure which is different from the ones of the quark sector. However, even if the phase structure of the mass matrices is identical in both sectors, an interesting suppression mechanism of sin 2 2θ12 which is related to the solar neutrino problem can be induced from the right-handed neutrino Majorana mass matrix. We discuss such a possibility through the concrete examples.


2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Vien ◽  
H. N. Long ◽  
A. E. Cárcamo Hernández

Abstract We propose a renormalizable $$B-L$$B-L Standard Model (SM) extension based on $$S_3$$S3 symmetry which successfully accommodates the observed fermion mass spectra and flavor mixing patterns as well as the CP violating phases. The small masses for the light active neutrinos are generated through a type I seesaw mechanism. The obtained physical parameters in the lepton sector are well consistent with the global fit of neutrino oscillations (Esteban et al. in J High Energy Phys 01:106, 2019) for both normal and inverted neutrino mass orderings. The model also predicts effective neutrino mass parameters of $${\langle m_{ee}\rangle }= {1.02\times 10^{-2}}\,{\mathrm {eV}},\, m_{\beta }= {1.25}\times 10^{-2}\,{\mathrm {eV}}$$⟨mee⟩=1.02×10-2eV,mβ=1.25×10-2eV for normal hierarchy (NH) and $${\langle m_{ee}\rangle } ={5.03}\times 10^{-2}\, {\mathrm {eV}},\, m_{\beta } ={5.05}\times 10^{-2}\, {\mathrm {eV}}$$⟨mee⟩=5.03×10-2eV,mβ=5.05×10-2eV for inverted hierarchy (IH) which are all well consistent with the future large and ultra-low background liquid scintillator detectors which has been discussed in Ref. (Zhao et al. in Chin Phys C 41(5):053001, 2017) or the limit of the effective neutrino mass can be reached by the planning of future experiments. The model results are consistent with and successfully accommodate the recent experimental values of the physical observables of the quark sector, including the six quark masses, the quark mixing angles and the CP violating phase in the quark sector.


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