2006/08/08 by Christoph A. Stephan · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Fermion #Massless particle #Matrix (chemical analysis) #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino oscillation #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Noncommutative geometry #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Standard Model (mathematical formulation) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.2437854
published as J.Math.Phys.438:023513,2007
arxiv created 2006/08/08 · openalex publication_date 2007/02/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In the noncommutative formulation of the standard model of particle physics by Chamseddine and Connes [Commun. Math. Phys. 182, 155 (1996), e-print hep-th∕9606001], one of the three generations of fermions has to possess a massless neutrino. [C. P. Martin et al., Phys. Rep. 29, 363 (1998), e-print hep-th-9605001]. This formulation is consistent with neutrino oscillation experiments and the known bounds of the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata matrix (PMNS matrix). But future experiments which may be able to detect neutrino masses directly and high-precision measurements of the PMNS matrix might need massive neutrinos in all three generations. In this paper we present an almost-commutative geometry which allows for a standard model with massive neutrinos in all three generations. This model does not follow in a straightforward way from the version of Chamseddine and Connes since it requires an internal algebra with four summands of matrix algebras, instead of three summands for the model with one massless neutrino.