Sakharov conditions

E543034

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sakharov conditions canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leptogenesis → satisfiesCondition → Sakharov conditions ⓘ