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Neutrino masses from lepton and quark mass relations and neutrino oscillations

Fu-Guang Cao

  • Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Phys. Rev. D 85, 113003 – Published 11 June, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.113003

Abstract

Determining the absolute masses of neutrinos is of fundamental importance in particle physics, nuclear physics, and astrophysics. We conjecture that intrinsic mass relations exist between leptons and quarks. Using these relations and neutrino oscillation data, we show that the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy is strongly disfavored and estimate the absolute neutrino masses to be m1=0.21−0.21+1.70×10−4  eV, m2=(8.7±0.1)×10−3  eV, and m3=(4.9±0.1)×10−2  eV.

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Phys. Rev. D 85, 113003– Published 11 June, 2012
  • Received 13 November 2011

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