Precision measurements of {\theta}12 for testing models of discrete leptonic flavour symmetries

TL;DR

This paper evaluates how upcoming neutrino oscillation experiments, especially a 50 km reactor experiment like JUNO, can test and potentially exclude models of leptonic flavor based on discrete symmetries by measuring the mixing parameters with high precision.

Contribution

It systematically surveys predictions of residual discrete symmetry models and assesses their testability with future neutrino oscillation experiments.

Findings

Future experiments can significantly constrain or exclude certain discrete symmetry models.

JUNO-like experiments play a crucial role in testing these flavor symmetry models.

Precise measurements of { heta}12 and { heta}13 are key to model discrimination.

Abstract

Models of leptonic flavour with discrete symmetries can provide an attractive explanation of the pattern of elements found in the leptonic mixing matrix. The next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments will allow the mixing parameters to be tested to a new level of precision, crucially measuring the CP violating phase {\delta} for the first time. In this contribution, we present results of a systematic survey of the predictions of a class of models based on residual discrete symmetries and the prospects for excluding such models at medium- and long-term oscillation experiments. We place particular emphasis on the complementary role that a future circa 50 km reactor experiment, e.g. JUNO, can play in constraining these models.