Bubble walls, CP-violation and electroweak baryogenesis in the MSSM

Citation
Sj. Huber et al., Bubble walls, CP-violation and electroweak baryogenesis in the MSSM, EUR PHY J C, 20(4), 2001, pp. 695-711
Citations number
89
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
ISSN journal
14346044 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
695 - 711
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6044(200105)20:4<695:BWCAEB>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We discuss the generation of the baryon asymmetry by a strong first order e lectroweak phase transition in the early universe, particularly in the cont ext of the MSSM. This requires a thorough numerical treatment of the bubble wall profile in the case of two Higgs fields. CP-violating complex particl e masses varying with the Higgs field in the wall are essential. Since in t he MSSM there is no indication of spontaneous CP-violation around the criti cal temperature (contrary to the NMSSM) we have to rely on standard explici t CP-violation. Using the WKB approximation for particles in the plasma ive are led to Boltzmann transport equations for the difference of left-handed particles and their CP-conjugates. This asymmetry is finally transformed i nto a baryon asymmetry by out of equilibrium sphaleron transitions in the s ymmetric phase. We solve the transport equations and find a baryon asymmetr y depending mostly on the CP-violating phases and the wall velocity.