On asymmetric Chern-Simons number diffusion

Abstract

We show that CP-violation can lead to an asymmetric diffusion of the Chern-Simons number in thermal equilibrium. This asymmetry leads to a linearly growing expectation value of the third power of the Chern-Simons number. In the long-time limit all expectation values of powers of Chern-Simon numbers are determined by their appropriate disconnected parts.

arXiv comment5 pages, contribution to the proceedings of SEWM 2002

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