Baryogenesis from the Kobayashi-Maskawa phase

Micha Berkooz*, Yosef Nir, Tomer Volansky

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Abstract

The dynamics of baryogenesis or baryon asymmetry, which was produced at the electroweak phase transition (EWPT) by the Kobayashi-Maskawa (KM) phase, was investigated. The standard model (SM), which fulfilled the Sakharov conditions required for baryogenesis, was also discussed. It was found that KM mechanism was unable to account for the baryogenesis as the smallness of the quark flavor parameters suppresed CP violation strongly, while the mass of the Higgs boson is heavy for firstorder EWPT to occur. It was concluded that the baryogenesis is explained by the KM mechanism, provided there were no strong dilution factors coming from the dynamics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number051301
Pages (from-to)051301-1-051301-4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume93
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jul 2004
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
EEC RTNHPRN-CT-00292-2002
G.I.F.
Israeli Academy of Science
Emory Eye CenterRTN-2000-001122
Minerva Foundation
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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