PROTECTING THE BARYON ASYMMETRY WITH THERMAL MASSES

被引:21
作者
DAVIDSON, S [1 ]
KAINULAINEN, K [1 ]
OLIVE, KA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA,SCH PHYS & ASTRON,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1016/0370-2693(94)90361-1
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We consider the evolution of baryon number B in the early universe under the influence of rapid sphaleron interactions and show that B will remain nonzero at all times even in the case of B - L = 0. This result arises due to thermal Yukawa interactions that cause nonidentical dispersion relations (thermal masses) for different lepton families. We point out the relevance of our result to the Affleck-Dine type baryogenesis.
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页码:339 / 344
页数:6
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