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Antimatter regions in the baryon-dominated Universe

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Quantum fluctuations of a complex, baryonic charged scalar field caused by inflation can generate large domains, which convert later into antimatter regions. As a result the Universe can become globally matter-dominated, with minor contribution of antimatter regions. The distribution and evolution of such antimatter regions could cause every galaxy to be a harbour of an anti-star globular cluster. At the same time, the scenario does not lead to large-scale isocuvature perturbations, which would disturb observable CMB anisotropy. The existence of one of such antistar globular cluster in our Galaxy does not contradict the observed γ\gamma-ray background, but the expected fluxes of 4Heˉ\bar{\rm ^4He} and 3Heˉ\bar{\rm ^3He} from such an antimatter object are definitely accessible to the sensitivity of the coming AMS--02 experiment.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0210012,
  title  = {Antimatter regions in the baryon-dominated Universe},
  author = {Maxim Yu. Khlopov and Sergei G. Rubin and Alexander S. Sakharov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0210012},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Talk given at the XIVth Rencontres de Blois 2002 on Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry, Blois, France, June, 2002, to be published in the proceedings, ed. J. Tran Thanh Van, 4 latex pages, 2 eps figures