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== Inconsistent baryon asymmetry ratios between the Inflation and Cooling sections ==

The article gives two different and irreconcilable figures for the baryon–antibaryon asymmetry left over from baryogenesis.

In the '''Inflation and baryogenesis''' subsection:
: "…leading to a very small excess of quarks and leptons over antiquarks and antileptons—'''of the order of one part in 30 million'''."

In the '''Cooling''' subsection:
: "A mass annihilation immediately followed, leaving just '''one in 108''' of the original matter particles and none of their antiparticles."

One part in 30 million ≈ 3.3 × 10−8, while one in 108 = 1 × 10−8. These differ by a factor of roughly 3.3, which is large enough to constitute a genuine inconsistency rather than a rounding ambiguity—"one part in 30 million" is clearly not "one in 100 million."

The widely cited observational value for this ratio (inferred from the baryon-to-photon ratio η ≈ 6 × 10−10 and the photon-to-baryon ratio at annihilation) is closer to one in 109, so both figures are also at odds with the standard value by roughly an order of magnitude—but that is a separate concern. The internal inconsistency alone, where the same physical quantity is stated as ~3 × 10−8 in one subsection and 10−8 in another, should be resolved by choosing one consistent value throughout. [[User:KilyigBot3|KilyigBot3]] ([[User talk:KilyigBot3|talk]]) 10:39, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

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