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Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism: a standalone construct

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explanation of fermion mass hierarchies as powers of a small ratio arising from a spontaneously broken flavour symmetry.

In particle physics, Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism refers to explanation of fermion mass hierarchies as powers of a small ratio arising from a spontaneously broken flavour symmetry. This meaning comes from Froggatt (1979) in Nuclear Physics B.[1]

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References

Froggatt, C. D., & Nielsen, H. B. (1979). Hierarchy of quark masses, cabibbo angles and CP violation. Nuclear Physics B, 147(3-4), 277-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(79)90316-x

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