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Baryogenesis with QCD Domain Walls

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v3 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We propose a new baryosymmetric mechanism for baryogenesis which takes place at the QCD scale and is based on the existence of domain walls separating the metastable vacua from the lowest energy vacuum. The walls acquire fractional negative and positive baryon charges, while the observed baryon asymmetry is due to a non-zero value of the θ \theta angle at the temperatures near the QCD chiral phase transition. The regions of metastable vacuum bounded by walls carry a negative baryon charge and may contribute a significant fraction of the dark matter of the Universe.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9808471,
  title  = {Baryogenesis with QCD Domain Walls},
  author = {R. Brandenberger and I. Halperin and A. Zhitnitsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9808471},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

The role of explicit CP violation is clarified. RevTex, 4 pages

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