Sakharov conditions

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The Sakharov conditions are three fundamental criteria—baryon number violation, C and CP violation, and departure from thermal equilibrium—required to explain the observed matter–antimatter asymmetry in the universe.

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instanceOf baryogenesis condition set
cosmology concept
physical theory concept
aimsToExplain baryon asymmetry of the universe
matter–antimatter asymmetry
appliesIn early universe conditions
appliesTo baryogenesis
leptogenesis
assumes initial matter–antimatter symmetry
category necessary conditions in cosmology
theoretical physics principle
context Big Bang cosmology
describedIn Baryon asymmetry of the universe paper (1967)
field cosmology
early universe physics
high‑energy physics
particle physics
hasPart C and CP violation
baryon number violation
departure from thermal equilibrium
influenced development of baryogenesis models
searches for new sources of CP violation
involves CP‑violating interactions
baryon number non‑conserving interactions
non‑equilibrium thermodynamics
namedAfter Andrei Sakharov
notSufficientFor unique prediction of baryon asymmetry magnitude
proposedBy Andrei Sakharov
publicationYear 1967
relatesTo CP violation in the Standard Model
CPT theorem
baryon number
electroweak baryogenesis
grand unified theories
out‑of‑equilibrium processes in the early universe
requires baryon number violation
departure from thermal equilibrium
violation of charge conjugation symmetry (C)
violation of charge–parity symmetry (CP)
status widely accepted necessary criteria for baryogenesis
usedIn model building beyond the Standard Model
tests of cosmological baryogenesis scenarios

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Leptogenesis satisfiesCondition Sakharov conditions