Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Invisible axion and neutrino masses

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
;  [1]
  1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C. P. 66.318, 05315-970 Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
We show that in any invisible axion model due to the effects of effective nonrenormalizable interactions related to an energy scale near the Peccei-Quinn, grand unification or even the Planck scale, active neutrinos necessarily acquire masses in the sub-eV range. Moreover, if sterile neutrinos are also included and if appropriate cyclic Z{sub N} symmetries are imposed, it is possible that some of these neutrinos are heavy while others are light.
OSTI ID:
20774654
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 73; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

SU(5) x Z{sub 13} grand unification model
Journal Article · Fri Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields · OSTI ID:21023954

Automatic invisible axion with fractionally charged particles
Journal Article · Fri Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1984 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States) · OSTI ID:6013723