Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry from Preon Condensation Prior to the Hadron Epoch

A universe consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons with electrical neutrality is consistent with an equal number of c and preons, assuming the rishon preon theory of Shupe and Harari. Similarly, a universe consisting of antiprotons, antineutrons, and positrons with electrical neutrality is consistent with an equal number of c and preons. Hence, any combination of such matter-antimatter compositions is also consistent with an equal number of c and preons and overall electrical neutrality. It is proposed that the difference observed in baryon-antibaryon number density relative to photon number density, ~5 × 10-10, is due to allocation of preons between matter and antimatter during preon condensation into normal matter. Three approaches of increasing rigor and complexity are considered: 1) an allocation at times corresponding to the Planck temperature due to fluctuations, 2) an allocation at times corresponding to quark formation due to preon bonding, and 3) an allocation at times corresponding to the electroweak scale. All approaches can give the correct order of magnitude of the asymmetry assuming out-of-equili-brium freeze-out and a slight and allowed charge (C) asymmetry in preon condensation in a self-consistent quantum field theory. Sakharov’s baryon non-conservation condition is evidently circumvented with these approaches, because they assume another level of matter (preons) which is present before quark formation. Thus, preons can provide an elementary explanation of primordial matter-antimatter asymmetry. A relationship between Higgs boson states and preons is proposed.

Confinement and the global SU(3)color symmetry

The global SU(3)color symmetry and its physical consequences are discussed.The Nother current is actually governed by the conserved matter current of color charges if the color field generated by this charge is properly polarized.The color field strength of a charge can have a uniform part due to the nontrivial QCD vacuum field and the nonzero gluon condensate,which implies that the self-energy of a system with a net color charge is infinite and,therefore,cannot exist as a free state.This is precisely what color confinement means.Accordingly,the Cornell type potential with the feature of Casimir scaling is derived for a color singlet system composed of a static color charge and an anti-charge.The uniform color field also implies that a hadron has a minimal size and minimal energy.Furthermore,the global S U(3)color symmetry requires that the minimal irreducible color singlet systems can only be qq,qqq,gg,ggg,qqg,qqqg,qqqg,etc.,therefore a multi-quark system can only exist as a molecular configuration if there are no other binding mechanisms.