Detecting gravitational waves from cosmological phase transitions with LISA: an update

We investigate the potential for observing gravitational waves from cosmological phase transitions with LISA in light of recent theoretical and experimental developments. Our analysis is based on current state-of-the-art simulations of sound waves in the cosmic fluid after the phase transition compl...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Caprini, Chiara, Chala, Mikael, Dorsch, Glauber C, Hindmarsh, Mark, Huber, Stephan J, Konstandin, Thomas, Kozaczuk, Jonathan, Nardini, Germano, Jose Miguel No, Rummukainen, Kari, Schwaller, Pedro, Servant, Geraldine, Tranberg, Anders, Weir, David J
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 12.01.2021
Subjects
Computer simulation
Gravitation
Gravitational waves
Parameters
Particle physics
Phase transitions
Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Sound waves
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Summary:We investigate the potential for observing gravitational waves from cosmological phase transitions with LISA in light of recent theoretical and experimental developments. Our analysis is based on current state-of-the-art simulations of sound waves in the cosmic fluid after the phase transition completes. We discuss the various sources of gravitational radiation, the underlying parameters describing the phase transition and a variety of viable particle physics models in this context, clarifying common misconceptions that appear in the literature and identifying open questions requiring future study. We also present a web-based tool, PTPlot, that allows users to obtain up-to-date detection prospects for a given set of phase transition parameters at LISA.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1910.13125