scholarly journals Effect of density fluctuations on gravitational wave production in first-order phase transitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (12) ◽  
pp. 019
Author(s):  
Ryusuke Jinno ◽  
Thomas Konstandin ◽  
Henrique Rubira ◽  
Jorinde van de Vis
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Bubble Size ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Density Fluctuations ◽  
First Order ◽  
Density Perturbations ◽  
First Order Phase

Abstract We study the effect of density perturbations on the process of first-order phase transitions and gravitational wave production in the early Universe. We are mainly interested in how the distribution of nucleated bubbles is affected by fluctuations in the local temperature. We find that large-scale density fluctuations (H * < k * < β) result in a larger effective bubble size at the time of collision, enhancing the produced amplitude of gravitational waves. The amplitude of the density fluctuations necessary for this enhancement is 𝒫ζ (k *) ≳ (β/H *)-2, and therefore the gravitational wave signal from first-order phase transitions with relatively large β/H * can be significantly enhanced by this mechanism even for fluctuations with moderate amplitudes.

scholarly journals Phase transitions in the early universe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Hindmarsh ◽  
Marvin Lüben ◽  
Johannes Lumma ◽  
Martin Pauly
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Order Approximation ◽  
First Order ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
First Order Phase

These lecture notes are based on a course given by Mark Hindmarsh at the 24th Saalburg Summer School 2018 and written up by Marvin Lüben, Johannes Lumma and Martin Pauly. The aim is to provide the necessary basics to understand first-order phase transitions in the early universe, to outline how they leave imprints in gravitational waves, and advertise how those gravitational waves could be detected in the future. A first-order phase transition at the electroweak scale is a prediction of many theories beyond the Standard Model, and is also motivated as an ingredient of some theories attempting to provide an explanation for the matter-antimatter asymmetry in our Universe. Starting from bosonic and fermionic statistics, we derive Boltzmann's equation and generalise to a fluid of particles with field dependent mass. We introduce the thermal effective potential for the field in its lowest order approximation, discuss the transition to the Higgs phase in the Standard Model and beyond, and compute the probability for the field to cross a potential barrier. After these preliminaries, we provide a hydrodynamical description of first-order phase transitions as it is appropriate for describing the early Universe. We thereby discuss the key quantities characterising a phase transition, and how they are imprinted in the gravitational wave power spectrum that might be detectable by the space-based gravitational wave detector LISA in the 2030s.

scholarly journals The gravitational-wave physics

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 687-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong-Gen Cai ◽  
Zhoujian Cao ◽  
Zong-Kuan Guo ◽  
Shao-Jiang Wang ◽  
Tao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Laser Interferometer ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Fundamental Physics ◽  
First Order ◽  
Compact Binary ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase ◽  
The Universe

Abstract The direct detection of gravitational wave by Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory indicates the coming of the era of gravitational-wave astronomy and gravitational-wave cosmology. It is expected that more and more gravitational-wave events will be detected by currently existing and planned gravitational-wave detectors. The gravitational waves open a new window to explore the Universe and various mysteries will be disclosed through the gravitational-wave detection, combined with other cosmological probes. The gravitational-wave physics is not only related to gravitation theory, but also is closely tied to fundamental physics, cosmology and astrophysics. In this review article, three kinds of sources of gravitational waves and relevant physics will be discussed, namely gravitational waves produced during the inflation and preheating phases of the Universe, the gravitational waves produced during the first-order phase transition as the Universe cools down and the gravitational waves from the three phases: inspiral, merger and ringdown of a compact binary system, respectively. We will also discuss the gravitational waves as a standard siren to explore the evolution of the Universe.

scholarly journals Probing Trans-Electroweak First Order Phase Transitions from Gravitational Waves

Physics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Addazi ◽  
Antonino Marcianò ◽  
Roman Pasechnik
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Critical Temperatures ◽  
First Order ◽  
Very High Energy ◽  
First Order Phase

We propose direct tests of very high energy first-order phase transitions, which are elusive to collider physics, deploying the gravitational waves’ measurements. We show that first-order phase transitions lying in a large window of critical temperatures, which is considerably larger than the electroweak energy scale, can be tested from advanced LIGO (aLIGO) and the Einstein Telescope. This provides the possibility to probe several inflationary mechanisms ending with the inflaton in a false minimum and high-energy first order phase transitions that are due to new scalar bosons, beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. As an important example, we consider the axion monodromy inflationary scenario and analyze the potential for its experimental verification, deploying the gravitational wave interferometers.

scholarly journals Limiting first-order phase transitions in dark gauge sectors from gravitational waves experiments

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (08) ◽  
pp. 1750049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Addazi
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Higgs Potential ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase

We discuss the possibility to indirectly test first-order phase transitions of hidden sectors. We study the interesting example of a Dark Standard Model (D-SM) with a deformed parameter space in the Higgs potential. A dark electroweak phase transition can be limited from next future experiments like eLISA and DECIGO.

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM COSMOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1541-1544
Author(s):  
ARIEL MÉGEVAND
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Order Phase Transition ◽  
Gravitational Radiation ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase

I discuss the gravitational radiation produced in a first-order phase transition due to the turbulence that is caused by bubble expansion. I compare the cases of deflagration and detonation bubbles.

scholarly journals Gravitational waves from cosmological first order phase transitions

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Rummukainen ◽  
Stephan J Huber ◽  
Mark B. Hindmarsh ◽  
David Weir
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase

Phase transitions and topological defects

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kachelriess
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Topological Defects ◽  
False Vacuum ◽  
First Order ◽  
Broken Symmetries ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
True Vacuum ◽  
First Order Phase

As the early universe cools down, it may perform transitions to phases with more and more broken symmetries. In a first-order phase transition, fields may be trapped in the false vacuum; the rate of the resulting tunneling process to the true vacuum is derived. Phase transitions can lead also to the formation of topological defects. Their structure and the reason for their stability are discussed.

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