Magnetic fields at first order phase transition: A threat to electroweak baryogenesis

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  De Simone, Andrea ^a   Nardini, Germano ^b   Quirós, Mariano ^c   Riotto, Antonio ^d,e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

baryon asymmetry; magnetic fields; supersymmetry and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555123737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/10/030     Document Type: Article

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