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No process has yet been observed that violates the conservation of baryon number, but the search continues. There is strong evidence that the big bang is such
by cperciva 3y ago
No process has yet been observed that violates the conservation of baryon number, but the search continues.
There is strong evidence that the big bang is such a process, but perhaps the author doesn't consider it to have been observed.
- msla 3y agoIt's also not replicable. (A Universe may violate baryon number conservation once, as a treat.)
- jarekd 3y agoIndeed baryogenesis is one example of baryon number violation, another is Hawking radiation - baryons forming stars and finally ending as massless radiation. In both these examples conditions are completely extreme - what might be the missing factor for human attempts to directly observe it: in room temperature water. I would rather expect it e.g. in the centers of some neutron stars - especially those thousands times brighter than possible with standard explanations, like: https://www.space.com/bizare-object-10-times-brighter-than-sun https://www.space.com/bizare-object-10-times-brighter-than-s... While electric charge is ultimately conserved due to Gauss law, there is no Gauss law for baryon number.