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Towards a Nonequilibrium Quantum Field Theory Approach to Electroweak Baryogenesis

arXiv:hep-ph/9510271 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.53.5834

Abstract

We propose a general method to compute -violating observables from extensions of the standard model in the context of electroweak baryogenesis. It is alternative to the one recently developed by Huet and Nelson and relies on a nonequilibrium quantum field theory approach. The method is valid for all shapes and sizes of the bubble wall expanding in the thermal bath during a first-order electroweak phase transition. The quantum physics of -violation and its suppression coming from the incoherent nature of thermal processes are also made explicit.

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