First, we review the basics of baryogenesis and models for baryogenesis in the early literature. Then, we discuss the main theme in this thesis, electroweak baryogenesis, which utilizes the electroweak phase transition. We present how the phase transition can be used to achieve baryogenesis. Next, we develop our model, which is the Standard Model with a singlet field coupled to the Higgs doublet negatively and to the right-handed neutrinos. It is a simple extension of the singlet Majoron model. We focus on numerical analysis of the model. Parameter space satisfying all the conditions are found and relevant quantities, such as the critical temperature, the Higgs mass, and the mixing angle are found as well. It turns out that LEP bound on the Higgs mass and the mixing angle is a strong constraint, and only a small fraction of parameter space is acceptable for attaining a strong enough phase transition for baryogenesis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.101691 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Yamashita, Hiroki, 1981- |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Physics.) |
| Rights | © Hiroki Yamashita, 2007 |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002614783, proquestno: AAIMR32804, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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