Fermion masses and symmetry breaking of a U(2) flavour symmetry

被引:36
作者
Barbieri, R [1 ]
Giusti, L
Hall, LJ
Romanino, A
机构
[1] Scuola Normale Super Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[5] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
flavour; symmetries; potential;
D O I
10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00195-9
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We show how a specific sequential breaking pattern of a U(2) flavour symmetry occurs automatically in a broad framework. The relative orientation in U(2) space of the spurion fields that breaks the U(2) symmetry is uniquely fixed, thus determining the form of the fermion mass matrices in a predictive way. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:32 / 40
页数:9
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