Y. H. Ahn

Publications (9)0 Total impact

• Article: Spontaneous CP Violation in $A_4$ Flavor Symmetry and Leptogenesis

  Y. H. Ahn, Sin Kyu Kang, C. S. Kim
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  ABSTRACT: We propose a simple renormalizable model for the spontaneous CP violation based on $SU(2)_{L}\times U(1)_{Y}\times A_{4}$ symmetry in a radiative seesaw mechanism, which can be guaranteed by an extra $Z_{2}$ symmetry. In our model CP is spontaneously broken at high energies, after breaking of flavor symmetry, by a complex vacuum expectation value of $A_{4}$-triplet and gauge singlet scalar field. We show that the spontaneously generated CP phase could become a natural source of leptogenesis, %CP violation for neutrino oscillation and leptogenesis, respectively. Then, and also investigate CP violation at low energies in the lepton sector and show how the CP phases in PMNS could be arisen through spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism. As a numerical study, interestingly, we show that the normal mass hierarchy favors relatively large values of $\theta_{13}$, large deviations from maximality of $\theta_{23}<\pi/4$ and Dirac-CP phase $0^{\circ}\leq\delta_{CP}\leq50^{\circ}$ and $300^{\circ}\leq\delta_{CP}\leq360^{\circ}$. For the inverted hierarchy case, the experimentally measured values of $\theta_{13}$ favors $\theta_{23}>\pi/4$ and discrete values of $\delta_{CP}$ around $100^{\circ},135^{\circ},255^{\circ}$ and $300^{\circ}$. Finally, with a successful leptogenesis our numerical results give more predictive values on the Dirac CP phase: for the normal mass hierarchy $1^{\circ}\lesssim\delta_{CP}\lesssim10^{\circ}$ and for inverted one $\delta_{CP}\sim100^{\circ},135^{\circ},300^{\circ}$.
  04/2013;
• Article: Simple renormalizable flavor symmetry for neutrino oscillations

  Y. H. Ahn, Seungwon Baek, Paolo Gondolo
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  ABSTRACT: The recent measurement of a non-zero neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ requires a modification of the tri-bimaximal mixing pattern that predicts a zero value for it. We propose a new neutrino mixing pattern based on a spontaneously-broken $A_{4}$ flavor symmetry and a type-I seesaw mechanism. Our model allows for approximate tri-bimaximal mixing and non-zero $\theta_{13}$, and contains a natural way to implement low and high energy CP violation in neutrino oscillations, and leptogenesis with a renormalizable Lagrangian. Both normal and inverted mass hierarchies are permitted within $3\sigma$ experimental bounds, with the prediction of small (large) deviations from maximality in the atmospheric mixing angle for the normal (inverted) case. Interestingly, we show that the inverted case is excluded by the global analysis in $1\sigma$ experimental bounds, while the most recent MINOS data seem to favor the inverted case. Our model make predictions for the Dirac CP phase in the normal and inverted hierarchies, which can be tested in near-future neutrino oscillation experiments. Our model also predicts the effective mass $|m_{ee}|$ measurable in neutrinoless double beta decay to be in the range $0.04\lesssim |m_{ee}| \lesssim 0.15$ eV for the normal hierarchy and $0.06\lesssim |m_{ee}| \lesssim 0.11$ eV for the inverted hierarchy, both of which are within the sensitivity of the next generation experiments.
  07/2012;
• Article: Non-zero $\theta_{13}$ and CP violation in a model with $A_4$ flavor symmetry

  Y. H. Ahn, Sin Kyu Kang
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  ABSTRACT: Motivated by recent observations of non-zero $\theta_{13}$ from the Daya Bay and RENO experiments, we propose a renormalizable neutrino model with $A_4$ discrete symmetry accounting for deviations from the tri-bimaximal mixing pattern of neutrino mixing matrix indicated by neutrino oscillation data. In the model, the light neutrino masses can be generated by radiative corrections, and we show how the light neutrino mass matrix can be diagonalized by the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata mixing matrix whose entries are determined by the current neutrino data including the Daya Bay result. We show that the origin of the deviations from the TBM mixing is non-degeneracy of the neutrino Yukawa coupling constants, and unremovable CP phases in the neutrino Yukawa matrix give rise to both low energy CP violation measurable from neutrino oscillation and high energy CP violation.
  03/2012;
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  Article: A direct link between neutrinoless double beta decay and leptogenesis in a seesaw model with $S_4$ symmetry

  Y. H. Ahn, Sin Kyu Kang, C S Kim, T. Phong Nguyen
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  ABSTRACT: We study how leptogenesis can be implemented in a seesaw model with $S_4$ flavor symmetry, which leads to the neutrino tri-bimaximal mixing matrix and degenerate right-handed (RH) neutrino spectrum. Introducing a tiny soft $S_4$ symmetry breaking term in the RH neutrino mass matrix, we show that the flavored resonant leptogenesis can be successfully realized, which can lower the seesaw scale much so as to make it possible to probe in colliders. Even though such a tiny soft breaking term is essential for leptogenesis, it does not significantly affect the low energy observables. We also investigate how the effective light neutrino mass $|<m_{ee}> |$ associated with neutrinoless double beta decay can be predicted along with the neutrino mass hierarchies by imposing experimental data of low-energy observables. We find a direct link between leptogenesis and neutrinoless double beta decay characterized by $|<m_{ee}>|$ through a high energy CP phase $\phi$, which is correlated with low energy Majorana CP phases. It is shown that our predictions of $|<m_{ee}>|$ for some fixed parameters of high energy physics can be constrained by the current observation of baryon asymmetry. Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, references added, accepted in Phy.Rev.D
  04/2010;
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  Article: Bridges of Low Energy observables with Leptogenesis in mu-tau Reflection Symmetry

  Y. H. Ahn, Sin Kyu Kang, C S Kim, T. Phong Nguyen
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  ABSTRACT: We consider an exact mu-tau reflection symmetry in neutrino sectorrealized at the GUT scale in the context of the seesaw model with and without supersymmetry. Assuming the two lighter heavy Majorana neutrinos are degenerate at the GUT scale, it is shown that the renormalization group (RG) evolution from the GUT scale to the seesaw scale gives rise to breaking of the mu-tau symmetry and a tiny splitting between two degenerate heavy Majorana neutrino masses as well as small variations of the CP phases in Y_nu, which are essential to achieve a successful leptogenesis. Such small RG effects lead to tiny deviations of theta_{23} from the maximal value and the CP phase delta_{CP} from pi/2 imposed at the GUT scale due to mu-tau reflection symmetry. In our scenario, the required amount of the baryon asymmetry eta_B can be generated via so-called resonant e-leptogenesis, in which the wash-out factor concerned with electron flavor plays a crucial role in reproducing a successful leptogenesis. We show that CP violation responsible for the generation of baryon asymmetry of our universe can be directly linked with CP violation measurable through neutrino oscillation as well as neutrino mixing angles theta_{12} and theta_{13}. We expect that, in addition to the reactor and long baseline neutrino experiments, the measurements for the supersymmetric parameter tan{beta} at future collider experiments would serve as an indirect test of our scenario of baryogenesis based on the mu-tau reflection symmetry.
  12/2008;
• Article: $\mu-\tau$ Reflection Symmetry in in Lepton Mixing and Radiatively Generated Leptogenesis

  Y. H. Ahn, Sin Kyu Kang, C S Kim, T. Phong Nguyen
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  ABSTRACT: We study a $\mu - \tau$ reflection symmetry in neutrino sector realized at the GUT scale in the context of the seesaw model. In our scenario, the exact $\mu - \tau$ reflection symmetry realized in the basis where the charged lepton and heavy Majorana mass matrices are diagonal, leads to vanishing lepton asymmetries. We find that, in the minimal supersymmetry extension of the seesaw model with appropriate values of $\tan\beta$, the renormalization group (RG) evolution from the GUT scale to seesaw scale can induce a successful leptogenesis. It is shown that the right amount of the baryon asymmetries $\eta_B$ can be achieved via so-called resonant leptogenesis, which can be realized at rather low seesaw scale in our scenario, so that the well-known gravitino problem is safely avoided. In this work, we consider both flavor dependent and flavor independent leptogenesis, and demonstrate how they lead to different amounts of baryon asymmetries in detail.
  07/2008;
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  Article: Leptogenesis in a seesaw model with Fritzsch type lepton mass matrices

  Y. H. Ahn, Sin Kyu Kang, C S Kim, Jake Lee
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  ABSTRACT: We investigate how the baryon asymmetry of our universe via leptogenesis can be achieved within the framework of the seesaw model with Fritzsch type lepton mass matrices proposed by Fukugita $et. al$. We study the cases with CP-violating phases in charged lepton Yukawa matrix, however, with and without Dirac neutrino Yukawa phases. We consider both flavor independent and flavor dependent leptogenesis, and demonstrate how they lead to different amounts of lepton asymmetries in detail. In particular, it is shown that flavor dependent leptogenesis in this model can be worked out only when the CP phases in Dirac neutrino Yukawa matrix become zero at the GUT scale. In addition to the CP phases, for successful leptogenesis in the model it is required that the degeneracy of the heavy Majorana neutrino mass spectrum should be broken and we also show that the breakdown of the degeneracy can be radiatively induced.
  12/2007;
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  Article: $\mu-\tau$ Symmetry and Radiatively Generated Leptogenesis

  Y. H. Ahn, Sin Kyu Kang, C S Kim, Jake Lee
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  ABSTRACT: We consider a $\mu-\tau$ symmetry in neutrino sectors realized at GUT scale in the context of a seesaw model. In our scenario, the exact $\mu-\tau$ symmetry realized in the basis where the charged lepton and heavy Majorana neutrino mass matrices are diagonal leads to vanishing lepton asymmetries. We find that, in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the seesaw model with large $\tan\beta$, the renormalization group (RG) evolution from GUT scale to seesaw scale can induce a successful leptogenesis even without introducing any symmetry breaking terms by hand, whereas such RG effects lead to tiny deviations of $\theta_{23}$ and $\theta_{13}$ from $\pi/4$ and zero, respectively. It is shown that the right amount of the baryon asymmetry $\eta_B$ can be achieved via so-called resonant leptogenesis, which can be realized at rather low seesaw scale with large $\tan\beta$ in our scenario so that the well-known gravitino problem is safely avoided.
  10/2006;
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  Article: Phased Breaking of mu-tau symmetry and Leptogenesis

  Y. H. Ahn, Sin Kyu Kang, C S Kim, Jake Lee
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  ABSTRACT: Non-vanishing U_{e3} has been theoretically related to a certain flavor symmetry breaking in the neutrino sector. We propose a scenario to break the mu-tau symmetry so as to accommodate the non-vanishing U_{e3}. Our scenario is constructed in the context of a seesaw model, and the mu-tau symmetry breaking is achieved by introducing a CP phase in the Dirac Yukawa matrix. We also show how the deviation of theta_{23} from the maximal mixing and non-vanishing U_{e3} depend on the CP phase. Neutrino mixings and the neutrino mass-squared differences are discussed, and the amplitude in neutrinoless double beta decay m_{ee} are also predicted. We found that a tiny breaking of the mu-tau symmetry due to mass splitting between two degenerate heavy Majorana neutrinos on top of the Dirac CP phase can lead to successful leptogenesis. We examine how leptogenesis can be related with low energy neutrino measurement, and show that our predictions for U_{e3} and m_{ee} can be constrained by the current observation of baryon asymmetry.
  02/2006;