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On the wall velocity dependence of electroweak baryogenesis

Glauber C. Dorsch, Stephan J. Huber, Thomas Konstandin

2021Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics47 citationsDOI

Abstract

We re-evaluate the status of supersonic electroweak baryogenesis using a generalized fluid Ansatz for the non-equilibrium distribution functions. Instead of truncating the expansion to first order in momentum, we allow for higher order terms as well, including up to 21 fluctuations. The collision terms are computed analytically at leading-log accuracy. We also point out inconsistencies in the standard treatments of transport in electroweak baryogenesis, arguing that one cannot do without specifying an Ansatz for the distribution function. We present the first analysis of baryogenesis using the fluid approximation to higher orders. Our results support the recent findings that baryogenesis may indeed be possible even in the presence of supersonic wall velocities.

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsElectroweak interactionBaryogenesisParticle physicsStandard Model (mathematical formulation)Quantum electrodynamicsPhysics beyond the Standard ModelElementary particleDark matterWork (physics)Cosmology and Gravitation TheoriesComplex Systems and Time Series AnalysisHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research