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Neutrino mixing angle θ13

In a SUSY SO(10) GUT

Xiangdong Ji Peking University

University of Maryland

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Outline

1. Neutrino (lepton) mixing2. Why SUSY SO(10)? 3. A new SUSY SO(10) model4. Looking ahead

X. Ji, Y. Li, R. Mohapatra, Phys. Lett. B633, 755 (2006) hep-ph/0510353

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Neutrino (lepton) mixing

Neutrinos, like quarks, have both masses and weak charges (flavor), and the mass eigenstates are not the same as the flavor eigenstates. One can write the neutrino of a definite flavor as

Where U is the neutrino (or lepton) mixing matrix.

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Three flavors

From the standard model, we know there are at least 3 neutrino flavor (e,μ,τ), therefore, there are at least three mass eigenstates.

In the minimal case, we have 3-mixing angle (θ12 θ23 θ13) and 1(Dirac)+2(Majorana) CP-violating phases

PNMS matrix

U Ue1 Ue2 Ue3

U1 U2 U 3

U1 U 2 U 3

1 0 0

0 cos23 sin23

0 sin23 cos23

cos13 0 e iCP sin13

0 1 0

e iCP sin13 0 cos13

cos12 sin12 0

sin12 cos12 0

0 0 1

1 0 0

0 e i / 2 0

0 0 e i / 2i

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What do we know?

From past experiments, we know θ12 & θ23 quite well Solar-ν mixing angle θ12

Super-K, SNO, KamLand

sin2 θ12 = 0.30 ±0.07

Atmosphetic-ν mixing angle θ23

Super-K, K2K,

sin2 θ23 = 0.52 ±0.20

There is an upper bound on θ13

sin2 θ23 < 0.054 or sin2 2θ23 < 0.1 from Chooz exp.

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Solar mixing angle

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Current limit on θ13

Chooz

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Why do we care about precision on θ13

Three important questions in neutrino physics What is the neutrino mass hierarchy? Are neutrinos Dirac or Majorana particles? What is the CP violation in lepton sector?

CP violation Important for understanding baryon genesis in the

universe One of the major goals for neutrino superbeam

expts. Is related to the size of θ13 (Jarlskog invariant)

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Upcoming experiments

Reactor neutrinos Double Chooz, <0.03 approved Daya Bay <0.01? US-China collaboration? Braidwood <0.01 $100M

Neutrino superbeams Much more expensives

hundreds of Million $

nuclear reactor

detector 1

detector 2

Distance (km)

PeePe e

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Theories on neutrino mixing angles

Top-down approach

Assume a fundamental theory which accommodates the neutrino mixing and derive the mixing parameters from the constraints of the model.

Bottom-up approach

From experimental data, look for symmetry patterns and derive neutrino texture.

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Why a GUT theory?

Unifies the quarks and leptons, and treat the neutrinos in the same way as for the other elementary particles.

A SO(10) GUT naturally contains a GUT scale mass for right-handed neutrinos and allows the sea-saw mechanism

Which explains why neutrino mass is so much smaller than other fermions!

2~ /D Rm m m

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SUSY SO(10) GUT

There are two popular ways to break SUSY SO(10) to SU(5) to SM Low-dimensional Higgs 16, 16-bar, 45, 10

16s (break B-L symmetry) can be easily obtained from string theory

High-dimensional Higgs 126, 126-bar, 120, 10

does not break R-parity (Z2), hence allows SUSY dark matter candidates.

R = (-1)3(B-L)+2S

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What can SUSY SO(10) GUTs achieve?

SUSY GUT Stabilize weak scale & dark matter Coupling constant unification Delay proton decay

Mass pattern for quarks and leptons Flavor mixing & CP violation Neutrino masses and mixing Mixing θ13

126H large θ13 sin2 2θ13 ~ 0.16 (Mohapatra etal)

16H small θ13 sin2 2θ13 < 0.01 (Albright, Barr)

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Albright-Barr Model

Fermions in 16-spinor rep. 16 = 3 (up) + 3 (up-bar) + 3 (down) + 3 (down-bar) +

1 (e) + 1 (e-bar) + 1(nu-L) + 1(nu-R)

Assume 3-generations 16i (i=1,2,3) Mass term

For example, eta contribute the mass to the first family, up quark, down quark, electrons and electron neutrino

1 1 2 3

1 2 ' 1 3 ' 2 3 '

16 16 10 16 16 10 45

16 16 16 16 '16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16H H H

H H H H H H

L

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Mass matrices

Dirac masses

Majorana Masses Lopsidedness

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Diagonalization

An arbitrary complex matrix can be diagonalized by two unitary matrices

MD = L (m1, m2 m3)R+

Majorana neutrino mass matrix is complex and symmetric, and can be diagonalized by a unitary matrix

MM = U (m1, m2 m3)U*

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CKM & lepton mixing

The quark-mixing CKM matrix is almost diagonal

The lepton mixing matrix (large mixing)

† CKM U DV L L

† PMNS LV L L

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Large solar mixing angle

It can either be generated from lepton or neutrino or a combination of both. From lepton matrix,

Babu and Barr, PLB525, 289 (2002)

again very small sin2 2θ13 < 0.01

If it is generated from neutrino mass matrix, it can come from either Dirac or Majorana mass or a mixture of both. In the Albright-Barr model, the large solar mixing

comes from the Majorana mass.Fine tuning….

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Lopsided mass matrix

Generate the large atmospheric mixing angle from lepton mass matrix.

Georgi-Jarlskog relation

Why

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A model (Ji,Li,Mohapatra)

Assume the large solar mixing is generated from the neutrino Dirac mass and the Majorana mass term is simple

The above mass terms can be generated from 16, 16-bar & 45

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What can the model predict ?

In the non-neutrino sector, there are 10 parameters, which can be determined by 3 up-type, and 3-lepton masses, and 4 CKM parameters. 3 down quark masses come out as predictions

In the neutrino sector, we use solar mixing angle and mass ratios as input Prediction: right-handed neutrino spectrum Atmospheric mixing and θ13

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Predictions

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Looking ahead

Leptogenesis Baryon number asymmetry cannot be generated

at just the EW scale (CP violation too small) CP-violating decay of heavy majorana neutrino

generates net lepton number L. The lepton number can be converted into B-

number through sphaleron effects (B-L conserved.)

Does model generates enough lepton number asymmetry?

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Looking ahead

Proton Decay Is the proton decay too fast?

Dimension-5 operator from the exchange of

charged Higgsino.