Organized by: Prof. Lu Lu
Echoes of Supersymmetry: Baryon Asymmetry, Relic Q-balls, and Gravity Waves
Date: Thursday, April 2nd
Time: 4:00 pm
Place: 4274 Chamberlin
Speaker: Alex Kusenko, UCLA
Abstract: If supersymmetry is realized in nature, even at some very high
energy scales, it has important cosmological consequences.
A generic prediction of supersymmetry is the flat directions
in the potential, along which a scalar condensate can form at
the end of inflation. This condensate is generically unstable;
its evolution and its fragmentation into Q-balls can generate
the baryon asymmetry, dark matter, and the gravity waves that
can be observed by upcoming detectors.
Host: M J Ramsey-Musolf
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