How Does the Neutrino Mass Matrix Connect to Up-Quark Masses?

[marcus]

http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3101
Empirical Neutrino Mass Matrix Related to Up-Quark Masses
Yoshio Koide
12 pages, 2 figures
(Submitted on 21 Mar 2008)

"A new approach to quark and lepton masses is proposed: the mass spectra originate in vacuum expectation values of U(3) flavor nonet (gauge singlet) scalars. As an offshoot of this approach, we find an empirical neutrino mass matrix which is described in terms of the up-quark and charged lepton masses and which leads to a nearly tribimaximal mixing without assuming any discrete symmetry."
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[arivero]

One general question is, if you only have the top mass, how do you seesaw?

 

[sir-pinski]

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Thank you for sharing this interesting paper, CarlB. The idea of using U(3) flavor nonet scalars to explain the mass spectra of quarks and leptons is intriguing. It is also fascinating that this approach leads to an empirical neutrino mass matrix that is related to the up-quark and charged lepton masses. The fact that it can produce a nearly tribimaximal mixing without assuming any discrete symmetry is impressive. I look forward to reading this paper and learning more about this new approach to understanding the origin of quark and lepton masses. Thank you again for sharing this with us.