Model of Geometric Neutrino Mixing

Abstract

Current neutrino oscillation data from solar, atmospheric, and reactor experiments are consistent with the neutrino mixing matrix elements taking values sin^2θ_{12} = 1/3, sin^2θ_{23} = 1/2, and sin^2θ_{13}=0. We present a class of renormalizable gauge models which realize such a geometric mixing pattern naturally. These models, which are based on the non--Abelian discrete symmetry A_4, place significant restrictions on the neutrino mass spectrum, which we analyze. It is shown that baryogenesis via leptogenesis occurs quite naturally, with a single phase (determined from neutrino oscillation data) appearing in leptonic asymmetry and in neutrinoless double beta decay. Such predicted correlations would provide further tests of this class of models.

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