Neutrino Mass Matrix with Approximate Flavor Symmetry

Abstract

Phenomenological implications of neutrino oscillations implied by recent experimental data on pattern of neutrino mass matrix are disscussed. It is shown that it is possible to have a neutrino mass matrix which shows approximate flavor symmetry; the neutrino mass differences arise from flavor violation in off-diagonal Yukawa couplings. Two modest extensions of the standard model, which can embed the resulting neutrino mass matix have also been discussed.

arXiv comment8 pages, Latex, The naturalness, finetunning and stability questions of the degenerate neutrino mass are discussed. The implications of the two models considered in the paper for neutrinoless double beta decay are also discussed

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