Abstract:
The origin of the parameters in the flavor sector of the Standard Model, minimally extended to include massive neutrinos, is one of the most enigmatic questions in particle physics. Modular symmetry is a possible solution to this problem. Modular symmetry can explain the masses and mixing parameters of leptons and quarks with a small number of free parameters, while the complex modulus field can drive inflation, achieve "reheating" of the Universe. In this talk, I shall introduce the basic idea and the latest developments of the modular symmetry. The phenomenological implications in neutrino oscillation, neutrinoless double decay and cosmology will be discussed.
Biography:
Gui-Jun Ding is a professor at school of physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He obtained his PhD degree from USTC in 2007. He served as a postdoctoral researcher at USTC from 2007 to 2009. Then he started an associate professor and was promoted to a full professor in 2016. His research interests mainly focus on the origin of fermion masses and flavor mixing, neutrinoless double decay and particle cosmology. He was invited to give a theoretical overview on the lepton flavor mixing at Neutrino 2024 Conference. He has published over 100 papers in journals such as JHEP and PRD, with more than 5500 citations.
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