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Author Meloni, D.; Morisi, S.; Peinado, E.
Title Stability of dark matter from the D(4) x Z(2)(f) flavor group Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2011 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 703 Issue 3 Pages 281-287
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Abstract We study a model based on the dihedral group D(4) in which the dark matter is stabilized by the interplay between a remnant Z(2) symmetry, of the same spontaneously broken non-abelian group, and an auxiliary Z(2)(f) introduced to eliminate unwanted couplings in the scalar potential. In the lepton sector the model is compatible with normal hierarchy only and predicts a vanishing reactor mixing angle, theta(13) = 0. Since m(nu 1) = 0, we also have a simple prediction for the effective mass in terms of the solar angle: vertical bar m(beta beta)vertical bar = vertical bar m(nu 2)vertical bar sin(2)theta circle dot similar to 10(-3) eV. There also exists a large portion of the model parameter space where the upper bounds on lepton flavor violating processes are not violated. We incorporate quarks in the same scheme finding that a description of the CKM mixing matrix is possible and that semileptonic K and D decays mediated by flavor changing neutral currents are under control.
Address [Meloni, D] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Fis E Amaldi, I-00146 Rome, Italy, Email: meloni@fis.uniroma3.it
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000295198300010 Approved no
Is ISI no International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 780
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Author Morisi, S.; Peinado, E.
Title S-4 model for quarks and leptons with maximal atmospheric angle Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2010 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 81 Issue 8 Pages 085015 - 8pp
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Abstract We consider a model for quark and lepton masses and mixings based on S-4 flavor symmetry. The model contains six Higgs doublets where three of them give mass to the leptons, and the other three gives mass to the quarks. Charged fermion and quark masses arise from renormalizable interactions while neutrino Majorana masses are generated through effective dimension five Weinberg operator. From the study of the minimization of the scalar potential we found a residual μ<-> tau symmetry in the neutrino sector predicting zero reactor angle and maximal atmospheric angle and for the quark sector we found a four-zero texture. We give a fit of the mass hierarchies and mixing angles in the quark sector.
Address [Morisi, Stefano; Peinado, Eduardo] Univ Valencia, CSIC, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: morisi@ific.uv.es
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000277205000132 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 461
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Author Hirsch, M.; Morisi, S.; Peinado, E.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Discrete dark matter Type Journal Article
Year (down) 2010 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 82 Issue 11 Pages 116003 - 5pp
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Abstract We propose a new motivation for the stability of dark matter (DM). We suggest that the same non-Abelian discrete flavor symmetry which accounts for the observed pattern of neutrino oscillations, spontaneously breaks to a Z(2) subgroup which renders DM stable. The simplest scheme leads to a scalar doublet DM potentially detectable in nuclear recoil experiments, inverse neutrino mass hierarchy, hence a neutrinoless double beta decay rate accessible to upcoming searches, while theta(13) = 0 gives no CP violation in neutrino oscillations.
Address [Hirsch, M.; Morisi, S.; Peinado, E.; Vallex, J. W. F.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: mahirsch@ific.uv.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000286565700007 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 521
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