Dark and visible matter in a baryon-symmetric universe via the Affleck-Dine mechanism

作者:Bell Nicole F; Petraki Kalliopi*; Shoemaker Ian M; Volkas Raymond R
来源:Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2011, 84(12): 123505.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.123505

摘要

The similarity of the visible and dark matter abundances indicates that they may originate via the same mechanism. If both the dark and visible matter are charged under a generalized baryon number, then the asymmetry of the visible sector may be compensated by an asymmetry in the dark sector. We show how the separation of the baryonic and the -antibaryonic charge can originate in the vacuum, via the Affleck-Dine mechanism, due to the breaking of a symmetry orthogonal to the baryon number. Symmetry restoration in the current epoch guarantees the individual stability of the two sectors.

  • 出版日期2011-12-7