Leptogenesis
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- In physics, leptogenesisLeptogenesis (physics)In physical cosmology, leptogenesis is the generic term for hypothetical physical processes that produced an asymmetry between leptons and antileptons in the very early universe, resulting in the dominance of leptons over antileptons...
is the process of creating a lepton-antilepton asymmetry (lepton numberLepton numberIn particle physics, the lepton number is the number of leptons minus the number of antileptons.In equation form,so all leptons have assigned a value of +1, antileptons −1, and non-leptonic particles 0...
) in the early stages of the universe. - In biblical studies, leptogenesis is an alternative name for book of JubileesJubileesThe Book of Jubilees , sometimes called Lesser Genesis , is an ancient Jewish religious work, considered one of the pseudepigrapha by Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches...
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