GUT baryogenesis after preheating

Jun, 1996
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 77 (1996) 4290-4293
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Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-96-133-A,
  • SU-ITP-96-22

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Abstract:
At the end of inflation the universe is frozen in a near zero-entropy state with energy density in a coherent scalar field, and must be "defrosted" to produce the observed entropy and baryon number. We propose that the baryon asymmetry is produced during an intermediate stage of preheating of the universe by the non-thermal production and decay of supermassive Grand Unified Theory (GUT) bosons. We show that baryogenesis is natural for an inflaton masses of order 10 1310~{13}GeV and a GUT Higgs boson mass of order 10 1410~{14}GeV, thus solving many drawbacks GUT baryogenesis had to face in the old reheating scenario.
  • inflation
  • baryon: asymmetry
  • baryon: production
  • production: baryon
  • grand unified theory
  • entropy
  • numerical calculations