Common origin of θ_{13} and Δm^2_{12} in a model of neutrino mass with quaternion symmetry

Abstract

The smallness of the 1-3 lepton mixing angle ${\theta }_{13}$ and of the neutrino mass-squared-difference ratio $\Delta m_{12}^2/\Delta m_{23}^2$ can be understood as the departure from a common limit where they both vanish. We discuss in general the conditions for realizing the mass degeneracy of a pair of neutrinos and show that the vanishing of a CP violating phase is needed. We find that the discrete quaternion group Q of eight elements is the simplest family symmetry which correlates the smallness of $\Delta m_{12}^2$ to the value of ${\theta }_{13}$. In such a model we predict $0.12\lesssim \sin {\theta }_{13}\lesssim 0.2$ if the ordering of the neutrino mass spectrum is normal, and $\sin {\theta }_{13}\lesssim 0.12$ if it is inverted.

arXiv commentrevtex, 7 pages, 6 pdf figures; Appendix added discussing in detail the alignment of VEVs

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