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In this paper, we attempt to implement the neutrino μ-τ reflection symmetry (which predicts θ 23 = π/4 and δ = ±π/2 as well as trivial Majorana phases) in the minimal seesaw (which enables us to fix the neutrino masses). For some direct (the preliminary experimental hints towards θ 23 ≠ π/4 and δ ≠ −π/2) and indirect (inclusion of the renormalization group equation effect and implementation of the leptogenesis mechanism) reasons, we particularly study the breakings of this symmetry and their phenomenological consequences.
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Liu, ZC., Yue, CX. & Zhao, ZH. Neutrino μ-τ reflection symmetry and its breaking in the minimal seesaw. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 102 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2017)102
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