Sum of Neutrino Masses
Sum of Neutrino Masses: τ-value 0.089, observed < 0.12, deviation +7~ppm.
Prediction
τ-Formula
Σmν = 0.089 eV (CF-asymmetry grid)
Derivation
The NuFIT 5.3 value is $^2θ_23 = 0.572 ± 0.018$ (normal ordering), giving a deviation of $+8\,604$ ppm ($+0.86%$, $0.9σ$).
The formula has a structural reading: $θ_23$ is the probability amplitude for a neutrino to traverse one lobe of $$ through the $ι_τ$-coupling gate. The factor $(1+ι_τ)^-1$ is the inverse of the effective junction width.
The atmospheric angle is near-maximal but not exactly maximal: $^2θ_23 ≠ 1/2$. In $τ$, exact maximality would require $ι_τ = 0$, which is excluded by the Central Theorem. The deviation from maximality is a direct measure of $ι_τ$:
This is a genuine prediction: if future experiments determine $^2θ_23 = 0.500\,0 ± $ with $ < 0.01$, the formula (eq:ch61-theta23) would be falsified.
Source
This prediction is derived in the Physics Ledger (Chapter 61 — mixing-baryogenesis), Books IV–V of Panta Rhei.