Maximal neutrino mixing from an attractive infrared fixed point

In the Standard Model (and MSSM), renormalization effects on neutrino mixing are generally very small and the attractive fixed points are at vanishing neutrino mixing. However for multi-Higgs extensions of the Standard Model, renormalization effects on neutrino mixing can be large and nontrivial fix...

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Published inPhysics letters. B Vol. 520; no. 3-4; pp. 279 - 288
Main Authors Pantaleone, James, Kuo, T.K, Wu, Guo-Hong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 15.11.2001
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Summary:In the Standard Model (and MSSM), renormalization effects on neutrino mixing are generally very small and the attractive fixed points are at vanishing neutrino mixing. However for multi-Higgs extensions of the Standard Model, renormalization effects on neutrino mixing can be large and nontrivial fixed points are possible. Here we examine a simple two-Higgs model. For two flavors, maximal mixing is an attractive infrared fixed point. For three flavors, the neutrino mass matrix evolves towards large off-diagonal elements at low energies. The experimentally suggested bimaximal neutrino mixing pattern is one possible attractive infrared fixed point.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01169-8