Phase Transitions During Inflation and Chemically Inhomogeneous Universe
Abstract
Description
Several models of baryo(lepto)-genesis that give rise to large inhomogeneities in the composition of the universe are presented. In particular, a variation of primordial abundances of light elements by the factor 2-5 at large distances is predicted. A cosmological model of baryonic island is considered. Creation of domains with very large baryon and antibaryon number is described. Such domains mostly collapsed into primordial black holes that could be the dominant part of (non-standard) cosmological cold dark matter with a widely dispersed mass spectrum. A non-collapsed part of these bubbles might make clouds of matter or antimatter with an enriched abundances of metals. A mechanism for creation of such exotic objects can be realized by mixed order phase transitions induced by the inflaton field.
Lecture presented at Int. School Astrophysics "D. Chalonge", Erice, Italy, 6-17 Dec. 2000; 16 pages (to be published in the Proceedings)
Lecture presented at Int. School Astrophysics "D. Chalonge", Erice, Italy, 6-17 Dec. 2000; 16 pages (to be published in the Proceedings)