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Fermion Masses and Mixing Angles from SU(3) Family Symmetry

S. F. King, G. G. Ross

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0108112

Abstract

We propose a model based on SU(3) family symmetry which leads to a successful description of quark and lepton masses and mixing angles including approximate bi-maximal mixing in the neutrino sector suitable for the LOW or quasi-vacuum solar solutions, with the atmospheric angle predicted to be accurately maximal due to the SU(3) symmetry. The model predicts a CHOOZ angle θ13 |Vub|. The SU(3) symmetry can also ensure the near degeneracy of squarks and sleptons needed to avoid large flavour changing neutral currents.

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