Dynamical simulations of electroweak baryogenesis with fermions

Saffin, Paul M.; Tranberg, Anders

Abstract

We perform real-time numerical lattice simulations of a one-family version of the Standard Model. We model the quantum fermions using the ensemble method and treat the bosonic scalar and non-abelian gauge fields classically. Our main interest is electroweak baryogenesis, and we test the approach by considering Standard Model baryon number violation through the chiral anomaly, a truly quantum phenomenon. We find that the method correctly reproduces the anomaly, and perform the first dynamical simulations of electroweak baryon number violation including fermions.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Feb 22, 2012
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Electronic ISSN: 1029-8479
• Publisher: Humana Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2012
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: 102
• APA6 Citation: Saffin, P. M., & Tranberg, A. (2012). Dynamical simulations of electroweak baryogenesis with fermions. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012(2), doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2012)102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02%282012%29102
• Keywords: Lattice Gauge Field Theories, Nonperturbative Effects, Thermal Field Theory, Lattice Quantum Field Theory
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP02%282012%29102
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