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Simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis: Finding the optimal quench time

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-08-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We revisit the numerical computation of the baryon asymmetry from Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis given the physical Higgs mass. We investigate the dependence of the asymmetry on the speed at which electroweak symmetry breaking takes place. The maximum asymmetry does not occur for arbitrarily fast quenches, but at quench times of about τq16mH1\tau_q\simeq 16\, m_H^{-1}, with no asymmetry created for quenches slower than τq>30mH1\tau_q>30\, m_H^{-1}. Curiously, we also find that the overall sign of the asymmetry depends on the quench time.

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@article{arxiv.1703.01781,
  title  = {Simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis: Finding the optimal quench time},
  author = {Zong-Gang Mou and Paul M. Saffin and Anders Tranberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.01781},
  year   = {2017}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures

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