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1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA.
Physical Review Letters
|April 6, 2019
Summary
The strong force may have behaved differently in the early Universe. This study explores a scenario where Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) confinement occurred at high temperatures, potentially enabling new baryogenesis mechanisms.
Area of Science:
- Cosmology
- Particle Physics
- Quantum Chromodynamics
Background:
- The strong force and its behavior in the early Universe are not fully understood.
- The standard model of particle physics describes fundamental forces but may require modifications for early Universe conditions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate a scenario where the strong coupling is a dynamical, field-dependent quantity.
- To explore the cosmological implications of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) confinement at high temperatures.
- To propose a new mechanism for baryogenesis linked to early Universe QCD dynamics.
Main Methods:
- Considering a dynamical, field-dependent strong coupling.
- Modeling QCD confinement at high temperatures with a large dynamical scale.
- Analyzing the relaxation of the dynamical scale before big bang nucleosynthesis.
Main Results:
- A scenario where QCD confines at high temperatures is proposed.
- The dynamical scale of QCD is shown to relax before big bang nucleosynthesis.
- A potential new mechanism for baryogenesis is identified.
Conclusions:
- The strong force's behavior in the early Universe could differ significantly from today.
- Early Universe QCD confinement offers new avenues for baryogenesis, potentially before the electroweak phase transition.
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