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Author Cañas, B.C.; Miranda, O.G.; Parada, A.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Updating neutrino magnetic moment constraints Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication (down) Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 753 Issue Pages 191-198
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Abstract In this paper we provide an updated analysis of the neutrino magnetic moments (NMMs), discussing both the constraints on the magnitudes of the three transition moments Lambda(i) and the role of the CP violating phases present both in the mixing matrix and in the NMM matrix. The scattering of solar neutrinos off electrons in Borexino provides the most stringent restrictions, due to its robust statistics and the low energies observed, below 1 MeV. Our new limit on the effective neutrino magnetic moment which follows from the most recent Borexino data is 3.1 x 10(-11) mu(B) at 90% C.L. This corresponds to the individual transition magnetic moment constraints: vertical bar Lambda(1)vertical bar <= 5.6 x10(-11)mu(B), vertical bar Lambda(2)vertical bar <= 4.0 x10(-11)mu(B), and vertical bar Lambda(3)vertical bar <= 3.1 x10(-11)mu B(90% C. L.), irrespective of any complex phase. Indeed, the incoherent admixture of neutrino mass eigenstates present in the solar flux makes Borexino insensitive to the Majorana phases present in the NMM matrix. For this reason we also provide a global analysis including the case of reactor and accelerator neutrino sources, presenting the resulting constraints for different values of the relevant CP phases. Improved reactor and accelerator neutrino experiments will be needed in order to underpin the full profile of the neutrino electromagnetic properties.
Address [Canas, B. C.; Miranda, O. G.] Inst Politecn Nacl, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Dept Fis, Apdo Postal 14-740, Mexico City 07000, DF, Mexico, Email: bcorduz@fis.cinvestav.mx;
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000368783600029 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2551
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Author Chen, P.; Ding, G.J.; Gonzalez-Canales, F.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Generalized mu-tau reflection symmetry and leptonic CP violation Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication (down) Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 753 Issue Pages 644-652
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Abstract We propose a generalized mu-tau reflection symmetry to constrain the lepton flavor mixing parameters. We obtain a new correlation between the atmospheric mixing angle theta(23) and the “Dirac” CP violation phase delta(CP). Only in a specific limit our proposed CP transformation reduces to standard mu-tau reflection, for which theta(23) and delta(CP) are both maximal. The “Majorana” phases are predicted to lie at their CP-conserving values with important implications for the neutrinoless double beta decay rates. We also study the phenomenological implications of our scheme for present and future neutrino oscillation experiments including T2K, NO nu A and DUNE.
Address [Chen, Peng; Ding, Gui-Jun] Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Modern Phys, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China, Email: pche@mail.ustc.edu.cn;
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000368783600089 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2556
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Author Bonilla, C.; Fonseca, R.M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Vacuum stability with spontaneous violation of lepton number Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication (down) Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 756 Issue Pages 345-349
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Abstract The vacuum of the Standard Model is known to be unstable for the measured values of the top and Higgs masses. Here we show how vacuum stability can be achieved naturally if lepton number is violated spontaneously at the TeV scale. More precise Higgs measurements in the next LHC run should provide a crucial test of our symmetry breaking scenario. In addition, these schemes typically lead to enhanced rates for processes involving lepton flavor violation.
Address [Bonilla, Cesar; Fonseca, Renato M.; Valle, Jose W. F.] Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Parc Cient Paterna,C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: cesar.bonilla@ific.uv.es;
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000373569200053 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2638
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Author Valle, J.W.F.; Vaquera-Araujo, C.A.
Title Dynamical seesaw mechanism for Dirac neutrinos Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication (down) Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 755 Issue Pages 363-366
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Abstract So far we have not been able to establish that, as theoretically expected, neutrinos are their own anti-particles. Here we propose a dynamical way to account for the Dirac nature of neutrinos and the smallness of their mass in terms of a new variant of the seesaw paradigm in which the energy scale of neutrino mass generation could be accessible to the current LHC experiments.
Address [Valle, Jose W. F.; Vaquera-Araujo, C. A.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, Parc Cient Paterna,C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: valle@ific.uv.es;
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000373568100053 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2712
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Author Addazi, A.; Valle, J.W.F.; Vaquera-Araujo, C.A.
Title String completion of an SU(3)(c) x SU(3)(L) x U(1)(X) electroweak model Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication (down) Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 759 Issue Pages 471-478
Keywords Unification; Branes; String phenomenology; Neutrino mass; Neutron-antineutron oscillations
Abstract The extended electroweak SU(3)(c) circle times SU(3)(L) circle times U(1)(X) symmetry framework “explaining” the number of fermion families is revisited. While 331-based schemes can not easily be unified within the conventional field theory sense, we show how to do it within an approach based on D-branes and (un)oriented open strings, on Calabi-Yau singularities. We show how the theory can be UV-completed in a quiver setup, free of gauge and string anomalies. Lepton and baryon numbers are perturbatively conserved, so neutrinos are Dirac-type, and their lightness results from a novel TeV scale seesaw mechanism. Dynamical violation of baryon number by exotic instantons could induce neutron-antineutron oscillations, with proton decay and other dangerous R-parity violating processes strictly forbidden. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
Address [Addazi, Andrea] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Fis, I-67010 Coppito, AQ, Italy, Email: andrea.addazi@infn.lngs.it;
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000380409200063 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2884
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