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We consider a novel baryogenesis mechanism in which the asymmetry is sourced from heavy particles which either gain their mass or are created during bubble expansion in a strong first order phase transition. The particles are inherently out-of-equilibrium and sufficiently dilute after wall crossing so -- even with order one gauge interactions -- the third Sakharov condition is easily met. Washout is avoided provided the reheat temperature is sufficiently below the scale of the heavy particles. The mechanism relies on moderate supercooling and relativistic walls which -- in contrast to electroweak baryogenesis -- leads to a sizable gravitational wave signal. We present a simple example model and discuss the restrictions on the parameter space for the mechanism to be successful. We find that high reheat temperatures $T_{rm RH} gtrsim 10^{10}$ GeV are generally preferred, whereas stronger supercooling allows for temperatures as low as $T_{rm RH} sim 10^{6}$ GeV, provided the vacuum energy density is sufficiently suppressed.
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