Published January 25, 2010
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Journal article
Geometry-free seesaw neutrino masses in curved spacetime
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581 (Japan)
- 2. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
Description
The seesaw-induced neutrino mass is discussed in a generic class of curved spacetime, including the flat and warped extra dimensions. For Majorana masses in the bulk and on the boundary, the exact forms of seesaw-induced masses are derived by using the Kaluza-Klein mode expansion and the lepton number violating correlator for bulk fermion. It is found that the neutrino mass is determined without the knowledge of wave functions and whole background geometry when the metric factor is fixed on the boundary, e.g. by solving the hierarchy problem.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.12.034Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2009.12.034;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0910.0677v1;
- PII
- S0370-2693(09)01482-8;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 683
- Journal Issue
- 4-5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 289-293
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41089989
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- KALUZA-KLEIN THEORY; LEPTON NUMBER; MASS; METRICS; NEUTRINOS; SPACE-TIME; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.