Theories relating baryon asymmetry and dark matter: a Mini review

• Main Authors: Stefano eMorisi, Sofiane M Boucenna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
• Series: Frontiers in Physics
• Subjects: baryon asymmetry; leptogenesis; dark matterWIMP; asymmetric dark matter; electroweak phase transition
• Online Access: http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphy.2013.00033/full

The nature of dark matter and the origin of the baryon asymmetry are two of the deepest mysteries of modern particle physics. In the absence of hints regarding a possible solution to these mysteries, many approaches have been developed to tackle them simultaneously { leading to very diverse and rich models}. We give a short review where we describe the general features of some of these models and an overview on the general problem. We also propose a diagrammatic notation to label the different models.