Three-zero texture of quark-mass matrices as a solution to the strong CP problem
The strong charge-parity (CP) problem has been a long-standing problem in particle physics since 1976, illustrating the small CP-violation phase in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The axion, based on the Peccei–Quinn mechanism, is the most popular solution to the problem. In this paper, we propose an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Physics Letters B |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269324006816 |
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| Summary: | The strong charge-parity (CP) problem has been a long-standing problem in particle physics since 1976, illustrating the small CP-violation phase in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The axion, based on the Peccei–Quinn mechanism, is the most popular solution to the problem. In this paper, we propose an alternative solution based on the three-zero texture of quark mass matrices without additional heavy quark states, which has been shown to fit data well. We show that the required three-zero texture is naturally constructed in a six-dimensional spacetime with a T2/Z3 orbifold compactification. |
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| ISSN: | 0370-2693 |