Affleck-Dine condensate, late thermalization and the gravitino problem

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dc.creatorAllahverdi, Rouzbeh
dc.creatorMazumdar, Anupam
dc.date2008-02-29
dc.date2008-06-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:48:47Z
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dc.descriptionIn this clarifying note we discuss the late decay of an Affleck-Dine condensate by providing a no-go theorem that attributes to conserved global charges which are identified by the net particle number in fields which are included in the flat direction(s). For a rotating condensate, this implies that: (1) the net baryon/lepton number density stored in the condensate is always conserved, and (2) the total particle number density in the condensate cannot decrease. This reiterates that, irrespective of possible non-perturbative particle production due to $D$-terms in a multiple flat direction case, the prime decay mode of an Affleck-Dine condensate will be perturbative as originally envisaged. As a result, cosmological consequences of flat directions such as delayed thermalization as a novel solution to the gravitino overproduction problem will remain virtually intact.
dc.description10 pages. Clarifying comments added, final version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0802.4430
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0802.4430
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D78:043511,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.043511
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203004
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleAffleck-Dine condensate, late thermalization and the gravitino problem
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