Published February 10, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

A Novel Origin of CP Violation

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4575 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0390 (United States)

Description

We propose the complex group theoretical Clebsch-Gordon coefficients as a novel origin of CP violation. This is manifest in our model based on SU(5) combined with the double tetrahedral group, T'. Due to the presence of the doublet representations in T', there exist complex CG coefficients, leading to explicit CP violation in the model, while the Yukawa couplings and the vacuum expectation of the scalar fields remain real. The tri-bimaximal neutrino mixing matrix arises from the CG coefficients of the T'. In addition to the prediction for θ13∼θc/(3√(2)), the model gives rise to a sum rule, tan2θ·∼tan2θ·,TBM+(1/2)θccos δ, which is a consequence of the Georgi-Jarlskog relations in the charged fermion sector. The leptonic Dirac CP violating phase, δl, is predicted to be ∼227 deg., which turns out to be the value needed to account for the difference between the experimental best fit value for the solar mixing angle and the TBM prediction. The predicted CP violation measures in the quark sector are also consistent with the current experimental data.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1200
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 896-899
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
17. international conference on supersymmetry and the unification of fundamental interactions
Acronym
SUSY09
Dates
5-10 Jun 2009
Place
Boston, MA (United States)

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(c) 2010 American Institute of Physics