SPHALERON TRANSITIONS AND BARYON ASYMMETRY - A NUMERICAL, REAL-TIME ANALYSIS

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AMBJORN, J
ASKGAARD, T
PORTER, H
SHAPOSHNIKOV, ME
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[1] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND
[2] ACAD SCI USSR, INST NUCL RES, MOSCOW 117312, USSR
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10.1016/0550-3213(91)90341-T
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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We estimate by numerical simulations the rate-GAMMA of sphaleron-like transitions in the electroweak theory in the phase with restored symmetry. There is no suppression and GAMMA = kappa(alpha-W(T))4 with kappa almost-equal-to 0.1-1.0. We further address the question of a spontaneous CP-breaking in this phase of the electroweak theory, but have not yet found any evidence in this direction.
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