Quark mass matrices in orbifold models

1995/07/06 by T. Kobayashi, Tatsuo Kobayashi · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Mass formula #Mass matrix #Orbifold #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quark #Top quark #Type (biology) #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(95)01006-c

published as Phys.Lett. B358 (1995) 253-258 · 11 pages, Latex

arxiv created 1995/07/06 · openalex publication_date 1995/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We study left-right symmetric quark mass matrices whose up- and down-sectors have the same structure. This type of realistic mass matrices are derived from orbifold models. We cannot derive some of them by using an extra U(1) symmetry.

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