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Environmental CPT Violation in an Expanding Universe in String Theory

We consider a model of an expanding Universe in string theory that yields `environmental' CPT violation for fermions, in the sense of different dispersion relations for fermions and antifermions. These are induced by a cosmological background with constant torsion provided by the Kalb-Ramond an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ellis, John, Mavromatos, Nick E., Sarkar, Sarben
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.07.016
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1543296
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Sumario:We consider a model of an expanding Universe in string theory that yields `environmental' CPT violation for fermions, in the sense of different dispersion relations for fermions and antifermions. These are induced by a cosmological background with constant torsion provided by the Kalb-Ramond antisymmetric tensor field (axion) of the string gravitational multiplet. This effect induces different densities of neutrinos and antineutrinos while in chemical equilibrium, offering new scenarios for leptogenesis and baryogenesis even in the absence of CP violation.