BARYOGENESIS FROM A LEPTON ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE

被引:416
作者
FLANZ, M
PASCHOS, EA
SARKAR, U
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[1] Institut für Physik, Universität Dortmund
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10.1016/0370-2693(94)01555-Q
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We demonstrate that CP-violation in the Majorana mass matrices of the heavy neutrinos can generate a CP-asymmetric universe. The subsequent decay of the Majorana particles generates a lepton number asymmetry. During the electroweak phase transition the lepton asymmetry is converted into a baryon asymmetry, which survives down to this time.
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