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♦ ♦ ♦ Motivation
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ‘t Hooft (1976) Kuzmin, Rubakov, Shaposhnikov (1985) Baryon Number Violation in Standard Model
♦ Sphalerons and Baryogenesis
Popular B generation mechanisms
N-Nbar Oscillations and Baryogenesis
Post-sphaleron baryogenesis
Possible B violating couplings
S couplings
Explicit Model
B violating decay of S
CP Asymmetry
Model Predictions
B Violating decays of Fermionic N
CP asymmetry
Dark Matter
n-nbar oscillations
Summary and Conclusions
“Standard” Picture
Dark Matter in Minimal SUSY
Bino LSP Ellis, Olive, Santoso (2003) Thin blue strip – dark matter allowed
Arkani-Hamed, Delgado, Guidice (2006)
Proposal for B generation and Dark Matter
Unified Model
Unified Model (cont.)
N decay
CP asymmetry