Published October 1, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Supersymmetric seesaw mechanism without singlet neutrinos: Neutrino masses and lepton-flavor violation

Creators

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica 'G. Galilei', Universita di Padova and INFN, Sezione di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua (Italy)

Description

We consider the supersymmetric seesaw mechanism induced by the exchange of heavy SU(2)W triplet states, rather than 'right-handed' neutrino singlets, to generate neutrino masses. We show that in this scenario the neutrino flavor structure tested at low-energy in the atmospheric and solar neutrino experiments is directly inherited from the neutrino Yukawa couplings to the triplets. This allows us to predict the ratio of the τ→μγ (or τ→eγ) and μ→eγ decay rates in terms of the low-energy neutrino parameters. Moreover, once the model is embedded in a grand unified model, quark-flavor violation can be linked to lepton-flavor violation

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 075003-075003.17
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Notes
(c) 2002 The American Physical Society