Fully constrained mass matrix: Can symmetries alone determine the flavon vacuum alignments?

Abstract

In the framework of the representation theory of finite groups, it was recently shown that a fully constrained complex-symmetric mass matrix can be conveniently mapped into a sextet of $\Sigma (72\times 3)$. In this paper, we introduce an additional flavor group $X_{24}$ in the model so that the vacuum alignment of the $\Sigma (72\times 3)$ sextet is determined not only by the symmetries of $\Sigma (72\times 3)$ but also by that of $X_{24}$. We define several flavons which transform as multiplets under $\Sigma (72\times 3)$ as well as $X_{24}$. The vacuum alignment of each of these flavons is obtained as a simultaneous invariant eigenstate of specific elements of the groups $\Sigma (72\times 3)$ and $X_{24}$; i.e.,~the vacuum alignment is fully determined by its residual symmetries. These flavons couple together uniquely resulting in the fully constrained sextet of $\Sigma (72\times 3)$. Through this work we propose a general formalism in which the flavor symmetry group ($G_f$) is obtained as the direct product, $G_f=G_r\times G_x$. Fermions transform nontrivially only under $G_r$ while they remain invariant under $G_x$. Flavons, on the other hand, transform nontrivially under both $G_r$ and $G_x$. The vacuum alignment of each flavon multiplet transforming irreducibly under $G_r\times G_x$ is uniquely identified by its corresponding residual symmetry (a subgroup of $G_r\times G_x$). Several such flavons couple together to form an effective multiple of $G_r$ which remains invariant under $G_x$. This effective multiplet couples to the fermions.

arXiv comment17 pages, 3 figures

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