Speaker:
Alex Baur
Institution:
TUM, Mexico University
Date:
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Time:
11:00 am
Location:
NS2 1201
Abstract:
The flavor puzzle remains a big mystery of the standard model. Eclectic flavor groups combine the power of modular and traditional flavor symmetries to address this problem. In this talk, I will discuss their origin from compactifications of extra dimensions. Furthermore, we will see that a step-wise breakdown is able to generate hierarchical mass patterns. Finally, I will present the flavor phenomenology of an explicit example model based on an orbifold compactification of the heterotic string. A fit to experimental data reveals that this model can successfully reproduce observed masses and mixings as well as deliver predictions for yet unmeasured neutrino observables.
The flavor puzzle remains a big mystery of the standard model. Eclectic flavor groups combine the power of modular and traditional flavor symmetries to address this problem. In this talk, I will discuss their origin from compactifications of extra dimensions. Furthermore, we will see that a step-wise breakdown is able to generate hierarchical mass patterns. Finally, I will present the flavor phenomenology of an explicit example model based on an orbifold compactification of the heterotic string. A fit to experimental data reveals that this model can successfully reproduce observed masses and mixings as well as deliver predictions for yet unmeasured neutrino observables.
Host:
Yuri Shirman