Recent Progress in Baryogenesis

James M. Cline

Published 1999-02-02Version 1

I give a synopsis, specifically aimed at nonexperts, of some of the recent developments in electroweak baryogenesis. The focus of the talk is on the present status of electroweak baryogenesis in supersymmetric models, since this is a plausible and realistic possibility that is currently being probed by experimental searches for the Higgs boson and the top squark. The question of whether it is viable to have a period of color-breaking during the electroweak phase transition is also discussed.