Elements of Baryogenesis

Abstract

Basic ingredients of the theory of baryogenesis are reviewed with emphasis on out-of-equilibrium decays of heavy particles. The present use of kinetic theory is explained and some attempts to go beyond the classical Boltzmann equations are discussed.

Comments: 19 pages, 12 figures, talk presented at the International School of Astrophysics D. Chalonge, Erice, December 1999