CKM matrix parameters from the exceptional Jordan algebra

Abstract

We report a theoretical derivation of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix parameters and the accompanying mixing angles. These results are arrived at from the exceptional Jordan algebra applied to quark states, and from expressing flavor eigenstates (i.e. left-chiral states) as superposition of mass eigenstates (i.e. the right-chiral states) weighted by square-root of mass. Flavor mixing for quarks is mediated by the square-root mass eigenstates, and the mass ratios used have been derived in earlier work from a left-right symmetric extension of the standard model. This permits a construction of the CKM matrix from first principles. There exist only four normed division algebras, they can be listed as follows - the real numbers $\mathbb{R}$, the complex numbers $\mathbb{C}$, the quaternions $\mathbb{H}$ and the octonions $\mathbb{O}$. The first three algebras are fairly well known; however, octonions as algebra are less studied. Recent research has pointed towards the importance of octonions in the study of high energy physics. Clifford algebras and the standard model are being studied closely. The main advantage of this approach is that the spinor representations of the fundamental fermions can be constructed easily here as the left ideals of the algebra. Also the action of various Spin Groups on these representations too can be studied easily. In this work, we build on some recent advances in the field and try to determine the CKM angles from an algebraic framework. We obtain the mixing angle values as ${\theta }_{12}=11.093^o,{\theta }_{13}=0.172^o,{\theta }_{23}=4.054^o$. In comparison, the corresponding experimentally measured values for these angles are $13.04^o\pm 0.05^o,0.201^o\pm 0.011^o,2.38^o\pm 0.06^o$. The agreement of theory with experiment is likely to improve when running of quark masses is taken into account.

arXiv comment36 pages, 8 tables, 4 figures; v2: title modified slightly, text added in Sections 1 and 9, typos corrected, references added; accepted for publication in Universe

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