Neutrino sector with Majorana mass terms and Friedberg-Lee symmetry

We examine a recently proposed symmetry/condition by Friedberg and Lee in a framework where three right-handed neutrinos are added to the spectrum of the three-family minimal standard model. It is found that the right-handed neutrinos are very special, with respect to this symmetry. In the symmetry limit the neutrinos are massless, which could possibly be a hint about why they are light. Imposed as a condition and not as a full symmetry, we find that one of the three right-handed neutrinos simply decouples (has only gravitational interactions) and one of the interacting neutrinos is massless. The possible relation of the model to the seesaw mechanism is briefly discussed.