2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/149075I give a brief overview of a novel mechanism for generating the baryon asymmetry of the universe at the electroweak scale. This scenario circumvents the need for a strongly first order electroweak phase transition by utilizing gauged topological solitons to realize the requisite departure from thermal equilibrium.6 pages, RevTeX, Invited talk at ``Solitons'', Kingston, Ontario, Canada, July 20-25, 1997. To appear in the proceedingsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyAstrophysicsHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext