Family hierarchy from symmetry breaking
- 23 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 67 (11) , 115010
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.67.115010
Abstract
We investigate symmetry breaking patterns from replicated gauge groups which generate anomaly-free and family-dependent symmetries. We discuss the extent to which these symmetries can explain the observed hierarchies of fermion masses and mixings.
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