Fits to non-supersymmetric SO(10) models with type I and II seesaw mechanisms using renormalization group evolution

• Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Main Authors: Ohlsson, Tommy, Pernow, Marcus
• Other Authors: Raunvísindastofnun (HÍ), Science Institute (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2019
• Subjects: Beyond Standard Model; GUT; Neutrino Physics; Eðlisfræði; Atómfræði; Roland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1706; https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2019)085

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) We consider numerical fits to non-supersymmetric SO(10)-based models in which neutrino mass is generated by the type-I or type-II seesaw mechanism or a combination of both. The fits are performed with a sophisticated top-down procedure, taking into account the renormalization group equations of the gauge and Yukawa couplings, integrating out relevant degrees of freedom at their corresponding mass scales, and using recent data for the Standard Model observables. We find acceptable fits for normal neutrino mass ordering only and with neutrino mass generated by either type-I seesaw only or a combination of types I and II seesaw in which type-I seesaw is dominant. Furthermore, we find predictions from the best fit regarding the small neutrino masses, the effective neutrinoless double beta decay mass, and the leptonic CP-violating phase. Finally, we show that the fits are rather insensitive to the chosen value of the unification scale. The authors wish to thank Sofiane M. Boucenna for collaboration in early stages of this project. T.O. acknowledges support by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsr˚adet) through contract No. 2017-03934 and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology for a sabbatical period at the University of Iceland. M.P. thanks “Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggm¨astare” and “Roland Gustafssons Stiftelse f¨or teoretisk fysik” for financial support. Numerical computations were performed on resources provided by the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at PDC Center for High Performance Computing (PDC-HPC) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden under project numbers PDC-2018-49 and SNIC 2018/3-559. Peer Reviewed