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Title: Quark and lepton flavor triality

Abstract

Motivated by the success of A{sub 4} in explaining neutrino tribimaximal mixing, and its approximate residual Z{sub 3} symmetry in the quark and charged-lepton sectors, the notion of flavor triality is proposed. Under this hypothesis, certain processes such as {tau}{sup +}{yields}{mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup +}e{sup -} and {tau}{sup +}{yields}e{sup +}e{sup +}{mu}{sup -} are favored, but {tau}{sup +}{yields}{mu}{sup +}e{sup +}e{sup -} and {mu}{sup +}{yields}e{sup +}e{sup +}e{sup -} are disfavored. Similarly, B{sup 0}{yields}{tau}{sup +}e{sup -} is favored, but B{sup 0}{yields}{tau}{sup -}e{sup +} is disfavored.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21432919
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 82; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.037301; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; APPROXIMATIONS; B NEUTRAL MESONS; ELECTRONS; FLAVOR MODEL; HYPOTHESIS; LEPTONS; MIXING; MUONS MINUS; MUONS PLUS; NEUTRINOS; POSITRONS; QUARKS; SYMMETRY; TAU PARTICLES; ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; B MESONS; BEAUTY MESONS; BEAUTY PARTICLES; BOSONS; CALCULATION METHODS; COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; MESONS; MUONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUARK MODEL

Citation Formats

Ma, Ernest. Quark and lepton flavor triality. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.037301.
Ma, Ernest. Quark and lepton flavor triality. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.037301
Ma, Ernest. 2010. "Quark and lepton flavor triality". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.037301.
@article{osti_21432919,
title = {Quark and lepton flavor triality},
author = {Ma, Ernest},
abstractNote = {Motivated by the success of A{sub 4} in explaining neutrino tribimaximal mixing, and its approximate residual Z{sub 3} symmetry in the quark and charged-lepton sectors, the notion of flavor triality is proposed. Under this hypothesis, certain processes such as {tau}{sup +}{yields}{mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup +}e{sup -} and {tau}{sup +}{yields}e{sup +}e{sup +}{mu}{sup -} are favored, but {tau}{sup +}{yields}{mu}{sup +}e{sup +}e{sup -} and {mu}{sup +}{yields}e{sup +}e{sup +}e{sup -} are disfavored. Similarly, B{sup 0}{yields}{tau}{sup +}e{sup -} is favored, but B{sup 0}{yields}{tau}{sup -}e{sup +} is disfavored.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVD.82.037301},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21432919}, journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles Fields},
issn = {0556-2821},
number = 3,
volume = 82,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}