Electroweak Baryogenesis :an introduction /

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"Version: 20220401"--Title page verso.Revised edition of: A pedagogical introduction to electroweak baryogenesis.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. The Sakharov conditions3. Baryon number violation in the Standard Model -- 3.1. The axial anomaly -- 3.2. The Chern-Simons form, baryon number violation, and the winding number -- 3.3. Winding number and non-abelian gauge groups -- 3.4. Solitons and instantons -- 3.5. The sphaleron4. Phase transitions -- 4.1. Closed time path formalism -- 4.2. A brief review of the effective potential at zero temperature -- 4.3. The effective potential at finite temperature -- 4.4. The bounce solution -- 4.5. Analytic techniques for the single-field case -- 4.6. Path deformation method -- 4.7. Perturbative method -- 4.8. Baryon washout condition5. Gravitational waves from a strongly first-order electroweak phase transition -- 6. CP violation7. Particle dynamics during a phase transition, the vacuum expectation value insertion approach -- 7.1. Particle current divergences and self-energy -- 7.2. Transport coefficients and sources -- 7.3. Local equilibrium approximations -- 7.4. Gauge and supergauge equilibrium -- 7.5. Fast rate approximations8. Plasma and bubble dynamics -- 8.1. Imaginary time formalism -- 8.2. Diffusion coefficients -- 8.3. Thermal widths -- 8.4. Thermal masses -- 8.5. Bubble wall velocity9. Perturbation theory and resummation at finite temperature -- 9.1. A brief introduction to dimensional reduction10. Transport equations -- 10.1. The MSSM under supergauge equilibrium -- 10.2. Solution using fast rates, diffusion approximation, and ultrathin wall approximations -- 10.3. Solution without fast rates -- 10.4. Deriving the analytic solution -- 10.5. Beyond ultrathin walls11. The semi-classical force -- 12. The semi-classical force in fluid equations -- 13. The baryon asymmetry -- 14. A brief phenomenological summary15. Other mechanisms for producing the baryon asymmetry -- 15.1. Leptogenesis -- 15.2. Affleck-Dine -- 15.3. Using inflation -- 16. Discussion and outlook.This book introduces the theory and formalism of electroweak baryogenesis. It provides a pedagogical overview to help enable researchers to overcome the steep learning curve associated with entering this field, ensuring that the high energy physics community is adequately equipped to interpret the next generation of experimental results.Graduate students entering the field.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Graham White is a senior postdoctoral fellow at IPMU, Tokyo. He graduated with a PhD from Monash University in Australia. He currently works on particle cosmology with a particular focus on electroweak baryogenesis.Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 8, 2022).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9780750335713

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Second edition.

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Particle & high-energy physics.
Particle and nuclear physics.
Baryon number.
CP violation (Nuclear physics)
Electroweak interactions.

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Graham White.

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