Published October 1, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Simplified unitarity triangles for the lepton sector

  • 1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94309 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL (United Kingdom)
  • 3. CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK (United Kingdom)

Description

Encouraged by the latest SNO results, we consider the lepton mixing matrix in the approximation that the ν2 mass eigenstate is trimaximally (democratically) mixed. This suggests a new parameterization of the remaining mixing degrees of freedom, which eschews mixing angles, dealing instead, directly with the complex parameter Ue3 of the mixing matrix. Unitarity triangles then take a particularly simple form, which we hope will facilitate comparison with experiment

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 073012-073012.4
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38039118
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
APPROXIMATIONS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; EIGENSTATES; KOBAYASHI-MASKAWA MATRIX; LEPTONS; REST MASS; UNITARITY; WEINBERG ANGLE
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION; FERMIONS; MASS; MATRICES

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