A universal form for quark and neutrino mass matrices

preprint2014arXivOpen access

Abstract

We propose a universal form for quark and lepton mass matrices, which applies in a ``leading order'' approximation where CPCP-violating phases are ignored. Down-quark mass ratios are successfully predicted in our scheme using the measured CKM mixing angles as input. Assuming an additional discrete symmetry in the neutrino sector, we obtain the ``golden ratio'' pattern in the leading-order PMNS mixing matrix; in addition we predict an inverted neutrino mass hierarchy with m1≃m2≃74meVm_1\simeq m_2 \simeq74 meV, m3≃55meVm_3\simeq 55 meV, and neutrinoless double beta decay mass parameter m0νββ≃33 meVm_{0νββ}\simeq 33~ meV. We also predict that the CPCP-violating angle in the neutrino sector is close to the maximal value δ=±π/2δ=\pmπ/2, and that the diagonal phases in the PMNS matrix are α1≃0α_1\simeq 0, α2≃πα_2\simeqπ.

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