Abstract
The "standard" grand-unified-theory scenario for producing the baryon number-to-specific-entropy ratio of the universe involves the out-of-equilibrium decay of superheavy particles (≳ GeV) whose interactions do not conserve , , or invariance. I discuss a scenario in which the baryon asymmetry is produced by -, -, and -nonconserving scatterings of massless fermions. In this model at least one fermion species must initially have a nonthermal distribution; the baryon excess generated can be larger than that produced by out-of-equilibrium decays. In order for this scenario to produce a significant baryon excess, the mass of the superheavy boson which mediates the scatterings must be ≳ 3 × GeV.
- Received 20 April 1981
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.25.299
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