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We propose a new mechanism for late cosmological baryon asymmetry in models with first order electroweak phase transition. Lepton asymmetry arises through the decay of particles produced out of equilibrium in bubble collisions and is converted into baryon asymmetry by sphalerons. Supersymmetric models with explicitly broken R-parity may provide a suitable framework for the implementation of this mechanism. 0 The realization that the baryon (B) and the lepton (L) violating quantum effects in the standard electroweak theory are efficient at high temperature [1] has sparkled a widespread interest on the issue of late cosmological B asymmetry production. The problem is that any matter-antimatter asymmetry created at some superheavy scale [2] can be easily wiped out by the B-violating quantum effects, which are abundantly in equilibrium throughout all the history of the early Universe until its temperature drops down to the Fermi scale range [1]. If this is indeed the case, then we are faced with the vital problem of originating a new cosmological B asymmetry at the scale of the Electro Weak Phase Transition (EWPT). A key ingredient for the development of a sizeable late cosmological B asymmetry is that the EPTW be of first order. This seems necessary for the implementation of the so-called out of equilibrium condition which, together with B and CP violation, constitutes one of the essential requirements to generate a net ∆B [3]. There already exist several studies of ∆B production at the electroweak scale in the Standard Model (SM) or in minimal extensions of it [4]. In SM the B-violating quantum effects play a twofold role [5]: on one hand they are responsible for the washing of any preexisting B asymmetry, but, on the other hand, they are invoked for the production of the new ∆B at the Fermi scale. In general, in order for these scenarios at the electroweak scale to work, the B-violating quantum effects must be sufficiently suppressed after the accomplishment of the EWPT, or else they can wipe out the B asymmetry once again. This condition translates into an upper bound on the mass of the light neutral physical Higgs [5,6]. This limit is in contrast with or dangerously close to the present LEP lower bound on Higgs masses [7], depending on the details of the different analyses and whether the SM [5] or the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM)
We propose a new mechanism for late cosmological baryon asymmetry in models with first order electroweak phase transition. Lepton asymmetry arises through the decay of particles produced out of equilibrium in bubble collisions and is converted into baryon asymmetry by sphalerons. Supersymmetric models with explicitly broken R-parity may provide a suitable framework for the implementation of this mechanism. 0 The realization that the baryon (B) and the lepton (L) violating quantum effects in the standard electroweak theory are efficient at high temperature [1] has sparkled a widespread interest on the issue of late cosmological B asymmetry production. The problem is that any matter-antimatter asymmetry created at some superheavy scale [2] can be easily wiped out by the B-violating quantum effects, which are abundantly in equilibrium throughout all the history of the early Universe until its temperature drops down to the Fermi scale range [1]. If this is indeed the case, then we are faced with the vital problem of originating a new cosmological B asymmetry at the scale of the Electro Weak Phase Transition (EWPT). A key ingredient for the development of a sizeable late cosmological B asymmetry is that the EPTW be of first order. This seems necessary for the implementation of the so-called out of equilibrium condition which, together with B and CP violation, constitutes one of the essential requirements to generate a net ∆B [3]. There already exist several studies of ∆B production at the electroweak scale in the Standard Model (SM) or in minimal extensions of it [4]. In SM the B-violating quantum effects play a twofold role [5]: on one hand they are responsible for the washing of any preexisting B asymmetry, but, on the other hand, they are invoked for the production of the new ∆B at the Fermi scale. In general, in order for these scenarios at the electroweak scale to work, the B-violating quantum effects must be sufficiently suppressed after the accomplishment of the EWPT, or else they can wipe out the B asymmetry once again. This condition translates into an upper bound on the mass of the light neutral physical Higgs [5,6]. This limit is in contrast with or dangerously close to the present LEP lower bound on Higgs masses [7], depending on the details of the different analyses and whether the SM [5] or the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM)
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