Abstract
The observed matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe is a big puzzle in particle physics and cosmology. Although the hot Big Bang model of cosmology is very successful in predicting the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation and the primordial abundances of light elements, it does not explain why the cosmic baryon-to-photon ratio η ≡ n B/n γ is about 6 × 10−10 and why the primordial number density of antibaryons \( {n_{\bar B}} \) is vanishing. In this chapter we shall first present some experimental evidence for such a baryon number asymmetry, and then outline a few interesting dynamic scenarios to account for it. Among the presently-proposed baryogenesis mechanisms, the leptogenesis mechanism is most promising because it is intrinsically related to the popular seesaw mechanisms of neutrino mass generation. So we shall pay particular attention to the details of this mechanism and give a broad overview of its recent developments.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Abada, A., et al., 2006, JCAP 0604, 004.
Adler, S. L., 1969, Phys. Rev. 177, 2426.
Affleck, I., and Dine, M., 1985, Nucl. Phys. B 249, 361.
Anisimov, A., et al., 2010, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 121102.
Antusch, S., and King, S. F., 2004, Phys. Lett. B 582, 73.
Barbieri, R., et al., 2000, Nucl. Phys. B 575, 61.
Belavin, A. A., et al., 1975, Phys. Lett. B 59, 85.
Bell, J. S., and Jackiw, R., 1969, Nuovo Cim. A 60, 47.
Beneke, M., et al., 2010, Nucl. Phys. B 838, 1.
Bernard, C. W., 1974, Phys. Rev. D 9, 3312.
Bernreuther, W., 2002, Lect. Notes Phys. 591, 237.
Branco, G. C., et al., 2006, Phys. Lett. B 633, 336.
Brihaye, Y., and Kunz, J., 1992, Phys. Rev. D 46, 3587.
Buchmäuller, W., and Fredenhagen, S., 2000, Phys. Lett. B 483, 217.
Buchmäuller, W., and Pläumacher, M., 1998, Phys. Lett. B 431, 354.
Buchmäuller, W., and Pläumacher, M., 2001, Phys. Lett. B 511, 74.
Buchmäuller, W., Di Bari, P., and Pläumacher, M., 2004, New J. Phys. 6, 105.
Buchmäuller, W., Di Bari, P., and Pläumacher, M., 2005a, Ann. Phys. 315, 305.
Buchmäuller, W., Peccei, R. D., and Yanagida, T., 2005b, Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 55, 311.
Callan, C. G., Dashen, R. F., and Gross, D. J., 1976, Phys. Lett. B 63, 334.
Carlson, L., et al., 1990, Phys. Rev. D 42, 2127.
Cohen, A. G., De Rújula, A., and Glashow, S. L., 1998, Astrophys. J. 495, 539.
Cohen, A. G., Kaplan, D. B., and Nelson, A. E., 1993, Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 43, 27.
Covi, L., Roulet, E., and Vissani, F., 1996, Phys. Lett. B 384, 169.
D’Ambrosio, G., Giudice, G. F., and Raidal, M., 2003, Phys. Lett. B 575, 75.
Davidson, S., and Ibarra, A., 2002, Phys. Lett. B 535, 25.
Davidson, S., Nardi, E., and Nir, Y., 2008, Phys. Rept. 466, 105.
Denner, A., 1993, Fortsch. Phys. 41, 307
Denner, A., et al., 1992, Nucl. Phys. B 387, 467.
Dine, M., and Kusenko, A., 2004, Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, 1.
Dine, M., Huet, P., and Singleton, R., 1992, Nucl. Phys. B 375, 625.
Dirac, P. A. M., 1933, in Nobel Lecture, Physics 1922–1941 (Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1965).
Dodelson, S., 2005, Modern Cosmology (Academic Press).
Dolan, L., and Jackiw, R., 1974, Phys. Rev. D 9, 3320.
Dolgov, A. D., 1992, Phys. Rept. 222, 309.
Dolgov, A., 2001, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 95, 42.
Dreiner, H. K., Haber, H. E., and Martin, S. P., 2010, Phys. Rept. 494, 1.
Ellis, J., Linde, A. D., and Nanopoulos, D. V., 1982, Phys. Lett. B 118, 519.
Endoh, T., Morozumi, T., and Xiong, Z. H., 2004, Prog. Theor. Phys. 111, 123.
Flanz, M., Paschos, E. A., and Sarkar, U., 1995, Phys. Lett. B 345, 248.
Frampton, P. H., Glashow, S. L., and Yanagida, T., 2002, Phys. Lett. B 548, 119.
Fritzsch, H., and Minkowski, P., 1975, Annals Phys. 93, 193.
Fujikawa, K., 1979, Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 1195.
Fujikawa, K., 1980, Phys. Rev. D 21, 2848.
Fukugita, M., and Yanagida, T., 1986, Phys. Lett. B 174, 45.
Garny, M., Hoheneggera, A., and Kartavtsev, A., 2010a, Phys. Rev. D 81, 085028.
Garny, M., et al., 2009, Phys. Rev. D 80, 125027.
Garny, M., et al., 2010b, Phys. Rev. D 81, 085027.
Georgi, H., 1975, AIP Conf. Proc. 23, 575.
Georgi, H., and Glashow, S. L., 1974, Phys. Rev. Lett. 32, 438.
Giudice, G. F., et al., 2004, Nucl. Phys. B 685, 89.
Gonzalez Felipe, R., Joaquim, F. R., and Nobre, B. M., 2004, Phys. Rev. D 70, 085009.
Grossmann, Y., et al., 2003, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 251801.
Grupen, C., et al., 2005, Astroparticle Physics (Springer-Verlag).
Gu, P. H., Zhang, H., and Zhou, S., 2006, Phys. Rev. D 74, 076002.
Guo, W. L., and Xing, Z. Z., 2004, Phys. Lett. B 583, 163.
Guo, W. L., Xing, Z. Z., and Zhou, S., 2007, Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 16, 1.
Hamaguchi, K., 2002, arXiv:hep-ph/0212305.
Hambye, T., 2004, arXiv:hep-ph/0412053.
Hambye, T., and Senjanovic, G., 2004, Phys. Lett. B 582, 73.
Hambye, T., et al., 2004, Nucl. Phys. B 695, 169.
Hambye, T., Raidal, M., and Strumia, A., 2006, Phys. Lett. B 632, 667.
Harvey, J. A., and Turner, M. S., 1990, Phys. Rev. D 42, 3344.
Jackiw, R., and Rebbi, C., 1976, Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 172.
Joaquim, F. R., 2005, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 145, 276.
Kappadath, S. C., et al., 1995, Proc. 24th Int. Cosmic Ray Conf. 2, 230.
Kießig, C. P., Pläumacher, M., and Thoma, M. H., 2010, Phys. Rev. D 82, 036007.
Kirzhnits, D. A., and Linde, A. D., 1974, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 67, 1263.
Klinkhamer, R. F., and Manton, N. S., 1984, Phys. Rev. D 30, 2212.
Kobayashi, M., and Maskawa, T., 1973, Prog. Theor. Phys. 49, 652.
Kolb, E. W., and Turner, M. S., 1990, The Early Universe (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company).
Komatsu, E., et al., 2009, Astrophys. J. Suppl. 180, 330.
Komatsu, E., et al., 2010, arXiv:1001.4538.
Kumekawa, K., Moroi, T., and Yanagida, T., 1994, Prog. Theor. Phys. 92, 437.
Kuzmin, V. A., Rubakov, V. A., and Shaposhnikov, M. E., 1985, Phys. Lett. B 155, 36.
Lazarides, G., 2002, Lect. Notes Phys. 592, 351.
Lazarides, G., and Shafi, Q., 1991, Phys. Lett. B 258, 305.
Liu, J., and Segre, G., 1993, Phys. Rev. D 48, 4609.
Luty, M. A., 1992, Phys. Rev. D 45, 455.
Ma, E., and Sarkar, U., 1998, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 5716.
Manton, N. S., 1983, Phys. Rev. D 28, 2019.
Nakamura, K., et al. (Particle Data Group), 2010, J. Phys. G 37, 075021.
Nardi, E., et al., 2006, JHEP 0601, 164.
O’Donnell, P. J., and Sarkar, U., 1994, Phys. Rev. D 49, 2118.
Passarino, G., and Veltman, M. J. G., 1979, Nucl. Phys. B 160, 151.
Pilaftsis, A., 1997a, Nucl. Phys. B 504, 61.
Pilaftsis, A., 1997b, Phys. Rev. D 56, 5431.
Pilaftsis, A., 2005, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 081602.
Pilaftsis, A., and Underwood, T. E. J., 2004, Nucl. Phys. B 692, 303.
Pilaftsis, A., and Underwood, T. E. J., 2005, Phys. Rev. D 72, 113001.
Pläumacher, M., 1997, Z. Phys. C 74, 549.
Pläumacher, M., 1998, arXiv:hep-ph/9807557.
Riotto, A., 1998, arXiv:hep-ph/9807454.
Riotto, A., and Trodden, M., 1999, Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 49, 35.
Rubakov, V. A., and Shaposhnikov, M. E., 1996, Phys. Usp. 39, 461.
Sakharov, A. D., 1967, JETP Lett. 5, 24.
Slansky, R., 1981, Phys. Rept. 79, 1.
Steigman, G., 1976, Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 14, 339.
Strumia, A., 2006, arXiv:hep-ph/0608347.
’t Hooft, G., 1973, Nucl. Phys. B 61, 455.
’t Hooft, G., 1976, Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 8.
’t Hooft, G., and Veltman, M. J. G., 1979, Nucl. Phys. B 153, 365.
Turzynski, K., 2004, Phys. Lett. B 589, 135.
Vives, O., 2006, Phys. Rev. D 73, 073006.
Weinberg, S., 1972, Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity (John Wiley & Son).
Weinberg, S., 1974, Phys. Rev. D 9, 3357.
Weinberg, S., 1982, Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 1303.
Weinberg, S., 1996, The Quantum Theory of Fields: Modern Applications (Cambridge University Press).
Weinberg, S., 2008, Cosmology (Oxford University Press).
Xing, Z. Z., 1997, Phys. Rev. D 55, 196.
Xing, Z. Z., and Zhou, S., 2007, Phys. Lett. B 653, 278.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Zhejiang University Press, Hangzhou and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Xing, ZZ., Zhou, S. (2011). Cosmological Matter-antimatter Asymmetry. In: Neutrinos in Particle Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology. Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17560-2_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17560-2_11
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-17559-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-17560-2
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)