Leptogenesis from Gravity Waves in Models of Inflation

Stephon H. S. Alexander, Michael E. Peskin, and M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 081301 – Published 27 February 2006

Abstract

We present a new mechanism for creating the observed cosmic matter-antimatter asymmetry which satisfies all three Sakharov conditions from one common thread, gravitational waves. We generate lepton number through the gravitational anomaly in the lepton number current. The source term comes from elliptically polarized gravity waves that are produced during inflation if the inflaton field contains a CP-odd component. The amount of matter asymmetry generated in our model can be of realistic size for the parameters within the range of some inflationary scenarios and grand unified theories.

  • Received 17 March 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.081301

©2006 American Physical Society

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Stephon H. S. Alexander, Michael E. Peskin, and M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari

  • Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Post Office Box 20450, Stanford, California 94309 USA and Department of Physics, Stanford University, 382 via Pueblo Mall, Stanford California 94305-4060, USA

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Vol. 96, Iss. 8 — 3 March 2006

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