Electroweak Baryogenesis : an introduction /

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This book introduces the theory and formalism of electroweak baryogenesis. It provides a pedagogical overview to help enable researchers to overcome the steep learning curve associated with entering this field, ensuring that the high energy physics community is adequately equipped to interpret the n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, Graham Albert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 22.
IOP ebooks. 2022 collection.
Temas:
Baryon number.
CP violation (Nuclear physics)
Electroweak interactions.
Particle & high-energy physics.
Particle and nuclear physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Sakharov conditions
  • 3. Baryon number violation in the Standard Model
  • 3.1. The axial anomaly
  • 3.2. The Chern-Simons form, baryon number violation, and the winding number
  • 3.3. Winding number and non-abelian gauge groups
  • 3.4. Solitons and instantons
  • 3.5. The sphaleron
  • 4. Phase transitions
  • 4.1. Closed time path formalism
  • 4.2. A brief review of the effective potential at zero temperature
  • 4.3. The effective potential at finite temperature
  • 4.4. The bounce solution
  • 4.5. Analytic techniques for the single-field case
  • 4.6. Path deformation method
  • 4.7. Perturbative method
  • 4.8. Baryon washout condition
  • 5. Gravitational waves from a strongly first-order electroweak phase transition
  • 6. CP violation
  • 7. Particle dynamics during a phase transition, the vacuum expectation value insertion approach
  • 7.1. Particle current divergences and self-energy
  • 7.2. Transport coefficients and sources
  • 7.3. Local equilibrium approximations
  • 7.4. Gauge and supergauge equilibrium
  • 7.5. Fast rate approximations
  • 8. Plasma and bubble dynamics
  • 8.1. Imaginary time formalism
  • 8.2. Diffusion coefficients
  • 8.3. Thermal widths
  • 8.4. Thermal masses
  • 8.5. Bubble wall velocity
  • 9. Perturbation theory and resummation at finite temperature
  • 9.1. A brief introduction to dimensional reduction
  • 10. Transport equations
  • 10.1. The MSSM under supergauge equilibrium
  • 10.2. Solution using fast rates, diffusion approximation, and ultrathin wall approximations
  • 10.3. Solution without fast rates
  • 10.4. Deriving the analytic solution
  • 10.5. Beyond ultrathin walls
  • 11. The semi-classical force
  • 12. The semi-classical force in fluid equations
  • 13. The baryon asymmetry
  • 14. A brief phenomenological summary
  • 15. Other mechanisms for producing the baryon asymmetry
  • 15.1. Leptogenesis
  • 15.2. Affleck-Dine
  • 15.3. Using inflation
  • 16. Discussion and outlook.

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