CP rate cancellation in baryogenesis

ID: cp-rate-cancellation-in-baryogenesis

In a symmetric initial population of particles and antiparticles, exact CP symmetry equates conjugate decay rates after summing final momenta and helicities. Since parity does not reverse baryon number, this equality prevents a total baryon asymmetry even if charge conjugation alone is violated. Different same-helicity rates can cancel against the opposite-helicity rates.

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