A minimalist flavour symmetry for neutrinos: the revival of modular S3

21 Jun 2024, 17:30
2h
Near Aula Magna (U6 building) (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Near Aula Magna (U6 building)

University of Milano-Bicocca

Poster Beyond Standard Model searches in the neutrino sector Poster session and reception 2

Speaker

Matteo Parriciatu (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

In the recent past, substantial effort has been devoted to exploring flavour symmetries to solve the flavour puzzle. However, traditional flavour symmetry models proved to be quite unsatisfactory. In 2017, a new 'bottom-up' approach based on modular invariance was suggested, wherein the Yukawa couplings of the Standard Model become modular forms. Within this framework, we addressed the following question: is it possible to employ the smallest and most minimal modular group $S_3$ to construct predictive neutrino mass models? As demonstrated in our work, the answer is affirmative if we assume a certain set of guiding principles that fully exploit modular invariance.

Poster prize Yes
Given name Matteo
Surname Parriciatu
First affiliation Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Second affiliation INFN
Institutional email matteo.parriciatu@uniroma3.it
Gender Male

Primary author

Matteo Parriciatu (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

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