Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We extend the Standard Model with an $A_4 \times Z_4$ flavor symmetry and generalized CP (GCP) symmetry, realized through two flavon triplets that spontaneously break $A_4$ and generate the observed lepton mixing pattern. A new $A_4$-singlet flavon couples to one of these triplets through a complex quartic interaction that breaks GCP and fixes the reactor mixing angle; this same coupling biases the domain walls formed when that triplet breaks $A_4$. A global fit to oscillation data reproduces all mixing angles and mass splittings, predicting a maximal Dirac CP phase of $270^\circ$ and an effective Majorana mass near $15\text{ meV}$, testable by upcoming neutrinoless double-beta-decay ($0νββ$) experiments. The same coupling generates a stochastic gravitational-wave background peaking in the pulsar-timing-array and LISA bands, with peak frequency and amplitude predicted to scale as $\sinθ_{13}$ and $\sin^{-4}θ_{13}$, a falsifiable link between neutrino oscillation and gravitational-wave (GW) observations.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Borah, Pulakesh, Das, Mrinal Kumar
Institution: Tezpur University
Language: English
Topic: Neutrino Physics Research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7212029563