ERASURE AND REGENERATION OF THE PRIMORDIAL BARYON ASYMMETRY BY SPHALERONS

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作者
CLINE, JM
KAINULAINEN, K
OLIVE, KA
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[1] School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2372
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We show that a cosmological baryon asymmetry generated at the grand unified theory scale, which would be destroyed at lower temperatures by sphalerons and possible new B- or L-violating effects, can naturally be preserved by an asymmetry in the number of right-handed electrons. This results in a significant softening of previously derived baryogenesis-based constraints on the strength of exotic B- or L-violating interactions.
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页码:2372 / 2375
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