Two texture zeros for Dirac neutrinos in a diagonal charged lepton basis*

Abstract A systematic study of the neutrino mass matrix with two texture zeros in a basis that the charged leptons are diagonal, and under the assumption that neutrinos are Dirac particles is performed. Our study is conducted without any approximation, first analytically and then numerically. Current neutrino oscillation data is used in our analysis. Phenomenological implications of on lepton CP violation and neutrino mass spectrum are explored.