The Electroweak Sphaleron ·
A Saddle That Erases Baryon Number
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N
CS
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B+L
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Degenerate vacua (integer N)
Sphaleron saddle · ≈ 9 TeV
Field configuration
Fermion levels · 9 quarks + 3 leptons
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