Published May 15, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Affleck-Dine baryogenesis in the local domain

  • 1. Laboratory of Physics, Saitama Institute of Technology, Fusaiji, Okabe-machi, Saitama 369-0293 (Japan)

Description

For Affleck-Dine baryogenesis to proceed, there must have been two types of phase transitions. One is the destabilized-stabilized phase transition of the flat direction, which is in general induced by the Hubble parameter. The other is the phase transition related to the A term, which induces the misalignment of the relative phase of the flat direction. In the conventional Affleck-Dine baryogenesis they are supposed to start almost simultaneously. Of course these phase transitions can take place separately, but the latter must not be later than the former because the phase transition of the A term cannot produce any baryon number when there is no condensate of the relative charge. In this paper we try to construct models where the original idea of Affleck-Dine baryogenesis is realized in a different way. We show examples in which the local domain of the false vacuum with the required condensate is formed after inflation and collapses in a safe way so that the domain wall problem is avoided. We also show examples where the phase transition of the A term starts before the decay of the condensate. As in the conventional Affleck-Dine mechanism, the phase transition of the A term produces baryon number in the local domain of the condensate. We construct scenarios where our mechanism produces sufficient baryon asymmetry of the Universe

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 103502-103502.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35039506
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
BARYON NUMBER; BARYONS; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; ORIGIN; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; THEORETICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; DATA; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL DATA

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society