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Sakharov condition

Sakharov condition noun: any of the three necessary conditions that a baryon-generating interaction must satisfy to produce matter and antimatter at different rates: (i) baryon number violation; (ii) C-symmetry and CP-symmetry violation; (iii) interactions out of thermal equilibrium.

Noun

Sakharov condition (plural Sakharov conditions)

  1. Any of the three necessary conditions that a baryon-generating interaction must satisfy to produce matter and antimatter at different rates: (i) baryon number violation; (ii) C-symmetry and CP-symmetry violation; (iii) interactions out of thermal equilibrium.

Forms of Sakharov condition

pluralSakharov conditions

Origin of Sakharov condition

Proposed in 1967 by Andrei Sakharov.

Questions about Sakharov condition

What does Sakharov condition mean?
Sakharov condition means any of the three necessary conditions that a baryon-generating interaction must satisfy to produce matter and antimatter at different rates: (i) baryon number violation; (ii) C-symmetry and CP-symmetry violation; (iii) interactions out of thermal equilibrium.
What part of speech is Sakharov condition?
Sakharov condition is a noun.
What is the plural of Sakharov condition?
The plural of Sakharov condition is Sakharov conditions.

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