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100 1 _aWhite, Graham Albert,
_eauthor.
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240 1 0 _aPedagogical introduction to electroweak baryogenesis
245 1 0 _aElectroweak Baryogenesis :
_ban introduction /
_cGraham White.
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aBristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
_bIOP Publishing,
_c[2022]
300 _a1 online resource (various pagings) :
_billustrations (some color).
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aelectronic
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _a[IOP release $release]
490 1 _aIOP ebooks. [2022 collection]
500 _a"Version: 20220401"--Title page verso.
500 _aRevised edition of: A pedagogical introduction to electroweak baryogenesis.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _a1. Introduction -- 2. The Sakharov conditions
505 8 _a3. Baryon number violation in the Standard Model -- 3.1. The axial anomaly -- 3.2. The Chern-Simons form, baryon number violation, and the winding number -- 3.3. Winding number and non-abelian gauge groups -- 3.4. Solitons and instantons -- 3.5. The sphaleron
505 8 _a4. Phase transitions -- 4.1. Closed time path formalism -- 4.2. A brief review of the effective potential at zero temperature -- 4.3. The effective potential at finite temperature -- 4.4. The bounce solution -- 4.5. Analytic techniques for the single-field case -- 4.6. Path deformation method -- 4.7. Perturbative method -- 4.8. Baryon washout condition
505 8 _a5. Gravitational waves from a strongly first-order electroweak phase transition -- 6. CP violation
505 8 _a7. Particle dynamics during a phase transition, the vacuum expectation value insertion approach -- 7.1. Particle current divergences and self-energy -- 7.2. Transport coefficients and sources -- 7.3. Local equilibrium approximations -- 7.4. Gauge and supergauge equilibrium -- 7.5. Fast rate approximations
505 8 _a8. Plasma and bubble dynamics -- 8.1. Imaginary time formalism -- 8.2. Diffusion coefficients -- 8.3. Thermal widths -- 8.4. Thermal masses -- 8.5. Bubble wall velocity
505 8 _a9. Perturbation theory and resummation at finite temperature -- 9.1. A brief introduction to dimensional reduction
505 8 _a10. Transport equations -- 10.1. The MSSM under supergauge equilibrium -- 10.2. Solution using fast rates, diffusion approximation, and ultrathin wall approximations -- 10.3. Solution without fast rates -- 10.4. Deriving the analytic solution -- 10.5. Beyond ultrathin walls
505 8 _a11. The semi-classical force -- 12. The semi-classical force in fluid equations -- 13. The baryon asymmetry -- 14. A brief phenomenological summary
505 8 _a15. Other mechanisms for producing the baryon asymmetry -- 15.1. Leptogenesis -- 15.2. Affleck-Dine -- 15.3. Using inflation -- 16. Discussion and outlook.
520 3 _aThis book introduces the theory and formalism of electroweak baryogenesis. It provides a pedagogical overview to help enable researchers to overcome the steep learning curve associated with entering this field, ensuring that the high energy physics community is adequately equipped to interpret the next generation of experimental results.
521 _aGraduate students entering the field.
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
545 _aGraham White is a senior postdoctoral fellow at IPMU, Tokyo. He graduated with a PhD from Monash University in Australia. He currently works on particle cosmology with a particular focus on electroweak baryogenesis.
588 0 _aTitle from PDF title page (viewed on May 8, 2022).
650 0 _aBaryon number.
_970896
650 0 _aCP violation (Nuclear physics)
_970897
650 0 _aElectroweak interactions.
_970898
650 7 _aParticle & high-energy physics.
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650 7 _aParticle and nuclear physics.
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710 2 _aInstitute of Physics (Great Britain),
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830 0 _aIOP (Series).
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830 0 _aIOP ebooks.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-3571-3
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