TY - JOUR
T1 - Baryon asymmetry in a heavy moduli scenario
AU - Kawasaki, Masahiro
AU - Nakayama, Kazunori
PY - 2007/8/3
Y1 - 2007/8/3
N2 - In some models of supersymmetry breaking, modulus fields are heavy enough to decay before big bang nucleosynthesis. But the large entropy produced via moduli decay significantly dilutes the preexisting baryon asymmetry of the Universe. We study whether the Affleck-Dine mechanism can provide enough baryon asymmetry which survives the dilution, and find several situations in which a desirable amount of baryon number remains after the dilution. The possibility of nonthermal dark matter is also discussed. This provides the realistic cosmological scenario with heavy moduli.
AB - In some models of supersymmetry breaking, modulus fields are heavy enough to decay before big bang nucleosynthesis. But the large entropy produced via moduli decay significantly dilutes the preexisting baryon asymmetry of the Universe. We study whether the Affleck-Dine mechanism can provide enough baryon asymmetry which survives the dilution, and find several situations in which a desirable amount of baryon number remains after the dilution. The possibility of nonthermal dark matter is also discussed. This provides the realistic cosmological scenario with heavy moduli.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.043502
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.043502
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547693130
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 76
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 4
M1 - 043502
ER -