Gravitational waves from vacuum first-order phase transitions. II. From thin to thick walls
Daniel Cutting, Elba Granados Escartin, Mark Hindmarsh, David Weir
Abstract
Building on previous work (https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.123513), the authors study through extensive numerical simulations the possibility of observing the gravitational wave spectrum created in a first-order phase transition (in beyond the standard model theories) in upcoming space-based detectors like LISA. Different effective potentials are considered and it is shown that the potential could be determined by the form of the gravitational wave spectrum.
Topics & Concepts
Gravitational wavePhysicsSpectrum (functional analysis)Phase transitionGravitationDetectorPhase (matter)Order (exchange)Space (punctuation)Phase spaceOpticsClassical mechanicsTheoretical physicsAstrophysicsQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceEconomicsOperating systemFinancePulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics