Particle asymmetries in the early universe
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-03-28 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
The total lepton asymmetry in our universe is only poorly constrained by theories and experiments. It might be orders of magnitudes larger than the observed baryon asymmetry , . We found that the dynamics of the cosmic QCD transition changes for large asymmetries. Predictions for asymmetries in a single flavour allow even larger values. We find that asymmetries of in a single or two flavours change the relic abundance of WIMPs. However, large lepton and large individual lepton flavour asymmetries influences significantly the dynamics of the early universe.
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@article{arxiv.1011.6282,
title = {Particle asymmetries in the early universe},
author = {Maik Stuke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.6282},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
7 pages,8 figures; Proceedings of the Erice workshop on Nuclear Physics 2010 "Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics"