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Particle asymmetries in the early universe

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-03-28 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

The total lepton asymmetry l=flfl=\sum_f l_f in our universe is only poorly constrained by theories and experiments. It might be orders of magnitudes larger than the observed baryon asymmetry bO(1010)b\simeq {\cal O}(10^{-10}), l/bO(109)|l|/b \leq {\cal O}(10^{9}). We found that the dynamics of the cosmic QCD transition changes for large asymmetries. Predictions for asymmetries in a single flavour lfl_f allow even larger values. We find that asymmetries of lfO(1)l_f\leq {\cal O}(1) 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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Cite

@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"