Baryon violating first order phase transitions and gravitational waves

We propose a scenario in which the matter-antimatter asymmetry arises following the post-electroweak spontaneous breaking of baryon (B) number symmetry. This B-symmetry undergoes a first-order phase transition, which can be sufficiently violent to generate gravitational waves across a broad paramete...

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Main Author: Andrea Addazi
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269324006622
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description We propose a scenario in which the matter-antimatter asymmetry arises following the post-electroweak spontaneous breaking of baryon (B) number symmetry. This B-symmetry undergoes a first-order phase transition, which can be sufficiently violent to generate gravitational waves across a broad parameter space. Specifically, we explore a concrete realization of this mechanism that induces a Majorana mass for the neutron, rather than the neutrino. We demonstrate that this model exhibits rich phenomenology, including the generation of gravitational waves from baryon first-order phase transitions (B-FOPTs) and implications for neutron-antineutron oscillations.
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spelling doaj-art-968264338dbb4b48b98891e2b8757ff42024-11-30T07:08:50ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932024-12-01859139104Baryon violating first order phase transitions and gravitational wavesAndrea Addazi0Center for Theoretical Physics, College of Physics Science and Technology, Sichuan University, 610065 Chengdu, China; Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati INFN, Frascati (Rome), Italy; Correspondence to: Center for Theoretical Physics, College of Physics Science and Technology, Sichuan University, 610065 Chengdu, China.We propose a scenario in which the matter-antimatter asymmetry arises following the post-electroweak spontaneous breaking of baryon (B) number symmetry. This B-symmetry undergoes a first-order phase transition, which can be sufficiently violent to generate gravitational waves across a broad parameter space. Specifically, we explore a concrete realization of this mechanism that induces a Majorana mass for the neutron, rather than the neutrino. We demonstrate that this model exhibits rich phenomenology, including the generation of gravitational waves from baryon first-order phase transitions (B-FOPTs) and implications for neutron-antineutron oscillations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269324006622
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Physics Letters B
title Baryon violating first order phase transitions and gravitational waves
title_full Baryon violating first order phase transitions and gravitational waves
title_fullStr Baryon violating first order phase transitions and gravitational waves
title_full_unstemmed Baryon violating first order phase transitions and gravitational waves
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