Neutrino masses from lepton and quark mass relations and neutrino oscillations

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel approach linking lepton and quark mass relations to neutrino oscillation data, strongly suggesting an inverted hierarchy and estimating absolute neutrino masses with specific values.

Contribution

It introduces a new conjecture connecting lepton and quark masses and uses this to analyze neutrino mass hierarchy and estimate absolute neutrino masses.

Findings

Inverted hierarchy is strongly disfavored.

Estimated neutrino masses: m1≈2.1e-5 eV, m2≈8.7e-3 eV, m3≈4.9e-2 eV.

Provides specific mass values consistent with oscillation data.

Abstract

Determining the absolute masses of neutrinos is of fundamental importance in particle physics, nuclear physics, and astrophysics. We conjecture that intrinsic mass relations exist between leptons and quarks. Using these relations and neutrino oscillation data, we show that the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy is strongly disfavored and estimate the absolute neutrino masses to be m_{1}=0.21^{+1.70}_{-0.21} \times 10^{-4} {eV}, m_{2}=(8.7 \pm 0.1) \times 10^{-3} {eV}, and m_{3}=(4.9 \pm 0.1) \times 10^{-2} {eV}.