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Role of Bloch Waves in baryon-number violating processes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-08-30 v3

Abstract

In the Bloch-wave approach to estimate the baryon-number-violating scattering cross section in the standard electroweak theory in the laboratory, we clarify the relation between the single sphaleron barrier and multiple (near periodic) sphaleron barrier cases. We explain how a realistic consideration modifies/corrects the idealized Bloch wave and the resonant tunneling approximation. The basic approach is in part analogous to the well-known triple-α\alpha process to form carbon in nucleosynthesis.

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@article{arxiv.1812.07181,
  title  = {Role of Bloch Waves in baryon-number violating processes},
  author = {Yu-Cheng Qiu and S. -H. Henry Tye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.07181},
  year   = {2019}
}

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13 pages, 11 figures