Quark and lepton hierarchies from S4′ modular flavor symmetry

We propose models in which the hierarchical structures of the masses and mixing in both quark and lepton sectors are explained by the S4′ modular flavor symmetry near the fixed point τ∼i∞. The model provides the first explicit example which explains hierarchies of both quarks and leptons from single...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiko Abe, Tetsutaro Higaki, Junichiro Kawamura, Tatsuo Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323003118
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Tetsutaro Higaki
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Tatsuo Kobayashi
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description We propose models in which the hierarchical structures of the masses and mixing in both quark and lepton sectors are explained by the S4′ modular flavor symmetry near the fixed point τ∼i∞. The model provides the first explicit example which explains hierarchies of both quarks and leptons from single modular flavor symmetry. The hierarchies are realized by powers of ϵ=e2πiτ/4=O(0.01) and 2Imτ∼5, where τ being the modulus. The small parameter ϵ plays a role of flavon in the Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism under the residual Z4T symmetry, and powers of 2Imτ in the Yukawa couplings are controlled by modular weights via the canonical normalization. The doublet quarks are identified to a S4′ triplet to explain the hierarchical structure of the quark mixing angles, while the doublet leptons are composed of three singlets for the large mixing angles in the lepton sector. We show that the S4′ modular symmetry alone can explain the hierarchies in both quark and lepton sectors by O(1) coefficients.
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spelling doaj.art-3201ab5769de45d4ad50fbc546469b952023-06-08T04:18:49ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932023-07-01842137977Quark and lepton hierarchies from S4′ modular flavor symmetryYoshihiko Abe0Tetsutaro Higaki1Junichiro Kawamura2Tatsuo Kobayashi3Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USADepartment of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama, 223-8522, JapanDepartment of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan; Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34051, Korea; Corresponding author.Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, JapanWe propose models in which the hierarchical structures of the masses and mixing in both quark and lepton sectors are explained by the S4′ modular flavor symmetry near the fixed point τ∼i∞. The model provides the first explicit example which explains hierarchies of both quarks and leptons from single modular flavor symmetry. The hierarchies are realized by powers of ϵ=e2πiτ/4=O(0.01) and 2Imτ∼5, where τ being the modulus. The small parameter ϵ plays a role of flavon in the Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism under the residual Z4T symmetry, and powers of 2Imτ in the Yukawa couplings are controlled by modular weights via the canonical normalization. The doublet quarks are identified to a S4′ triplet to explain the hierarchical structure of the quark mixing angles, while the doublet leptons are composed of three singlets for the large mixing angles in the lepton sector. We show that the S4′ modular symmetry alone can explain the hierarchies in both quark and lepton sectors by O(1) coefficients.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323003118
spellingShingle Yoshihiko Abe
Tetsutaro Higaki
Junichiro Kawamura
Tatsuo Kobayashi
Quark and lepton hierarchies from S4′ modular flavor symmetry
Physics Letters B
title Quark and lepton hierarchies from S4′ modular flavor symmetry
title_full Quark and lepton hierarchies from S4′ modular flavor symmetry
title_fullStr Quark and lepton hierarchies from S4′ modular flavor symmetry
title_full_unstemmed Quark and lepton hierarchies from S4′ modular flavor symmetry
title_short Quark and lepton hierarchies from S4′ modular flavor symmetry
title_sort quark and lepton hierarchies from s4 modular flavor symmetry
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323003118
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