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Standard Model CP-violation and baryon asymmetry; 2, finite temperature

We consider the scattering of quasi-particles off the boundary created during a first order electroweak phase transition. Spatial coherence is lost due to the quasi-quark damping rate, and we show that reflection on the boundary is suppressed, even at tree-level. Simply on CP considerations, we argu...

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Autores principales: Gavela-Legazpi, Maria Belen, Hernández, Pilar, Orloff, J, Pène, O, Quimbay, C
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(94)00410-2
http://cds.cern.ch/record/264362
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Sumario:We consider the scattering of quasi-particles off the boundary created during a first order electroweak phase transition. Spatial coherence is lost due to the quasi-quark damping rate, and we show that reflection on the boundary is suppressed, even at tree-level. Simply on CP considerations, we argue against electroweak baryogenesis in the Standard Model via the charge transport mechanism. A CP asymmetry is produced in the reflection properties of quarks and antiquarks hitting the phase boundary. An effect is present at order \alpha_W^2 in rate and a regular GIM behaviour is found, which can be expressed in terms of two unitarity triangles. A crucial role is played by the damping rate of quasi-particles in a hot plasma, which is a relevant scale together with M_W and the temperature. The effect is many orders of magnitude below what observation requires.