Events2nd International Electronic Conference on Entropy and Its Applications
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This submission belongs to the session A. Physics and Engineering of the event 2nd International Electronic Conference on Entropy and Its Applications
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12 Nov, 2015
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Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel, Baryon asymmetry as a stochastic result and implications for the time of baryogenesis, in Proceedings of 2nd International Electronic Conference on Entropy and Its Applications, 15 November–30 November 2015, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/ecea-2-A009
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Baryon asymmetry as a stochastic result and implications for the time of baryogenesis

Vihan M. Patel 1
1. Australian National University
Abstract

We try to explain the known asymmetry between baryons and antibaryons in the observable universe as the result of random fluctuations in the number of baryons and antibaryons. The establishment of this asymmetry occurs at a poorly constrained time, before the epoch of baryon/antibaryon annihilation. The low initial gravitational entropy of the universe is due to this initial matter/antimatter asymmetry. The observed ratio of cosmic microwave background photons to baryons (~ one billion) is a measure of this asymmetry.  Different horizons render different probability distributions, all variants of a Gaussian centered at zero. Using the current levels of fluctuation witnessed in our particle horizon, along with the time evolution of the size and matter density of the universe, we estimate the time of baryogenesis.

Keywords
baryogenesis
cosmology
stochastic process
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