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Type II seesaw supersymmetric neutrino model for $θ_{13}\neq0$

Using the type II seesaw approach and properties of discrete flavor symmetry group representations, we build a supersymmetric $A_{4}\times A_{3}$\ neutrino model with $θ_{13}\neq0$. After describing the basis of this model--which is beyond the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model--with a superfield spectrum containing flavons in $A_{4}\times A_{3}$\ representations, we first generate the tribimaximal neutrino mixing which is known to be in agreement with the mixing angles $θ_{12}$ and $θ_{23}$. Then, we give the scalar potential of the theory where the $A_{3}$ discrete subsymmetry is used to avoid the so-called sequestering problem. We \textrm{next} study the deviation from the tribimaximal mixing matrix which is produced by perturbing the neutrino mass matrix with a nontrivial $A_{4}$ singlet. Normal and inverted mass hierarchies are discussed numerically. We also study the breaking of $A_{4}$\ down to $Z_{3}$\ in the charged lepton sector, and use the branching ratio of the decay $τ\rightarrow μμe$--which is allowed by the residual symmetry $Z_{3}$--to get estimations on the mass of one of the flavons and the cutoff scale $Λ$ of the model.