2008

Inhomogeneous baryogenesis, cosmic antimatter, and dark matter

Dolgov, A. D., Kawasaki, M., Kevlishvili, N.

Understand

A model of inhomogeneous baryogenesis based on the Affleck and Dine mechanism is described.

  • A simple coupling of the scalar baryon field to the inflaton allows for formation of astronomically significant bubbles with a large baryon (or antibaryon) asymmetry.
  • During the farther evolution these domains form compact stellar-like objects, or lower density clouds, or primordial black holes of different size.
  • According to the scenario, such high baryonic number objects occupy relatively small fraction of space but despite that they may significantly contribute to the cosmological mass density.

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