12–16 Jul 2021
Europe/Zurich timezone

Session

Phase Transitions

GWPT
13 Jul 2021, 14:00

Conveners

Phase Transitions: Phase Transitions

  • Kai Schmitz (CERN)

Phase Transitions: Phase Transitions

  • Marieke Postma (nikhef)

Phase Transitions: Break

  • There are no conveners in this block

Phase Transitions: Panel Discussion

  • Graham White

Phase Transitions: Break

  • There are no conveners in this block

Description

Probing BSM via GW arising due to thermal phase transitions.

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  1. Dr Chiara Caprini (APC Paris)
    13/07/2021, 14:00

    We present new results on the gravitational wave signal from kinetic turbulence in the aftermath of a first order phase transition in the early universe

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  2. Jessica Turner (Durham University)
    13/07/2021, 14:40

    In this talk, I discuss work where we calculate the velocity of the Higgs condensate bubble wall during a first-order electroweak phase transition in the early Universe. The interaction of particles with the bubble wall can be accompanied by the emission of multiple soft gauge bosons. When computed at fixed order in perturbation theory, this process exhibits large logarithmic enhancements...

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  3. Carlos Tamarit (Technische Universität München)
    13/07/2021, 15:05

    In first-order cosmological phase transitions, the asymptotic velocity of expanding bubbles is of crucial relevance for predicting observables like the spectrum of stochastic gravitational waves, or for establishing the viability of mechanisms explaining fundamental properties of the universe such as the observed baryon asymmetry. In these dynamic phase transitions, it is generally accepted...

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  4. Dr Oliver Gould (University of Nottingham)
    13/07/2021, 15:30

    A first-order phase transition in the early universe would have given rise to a stochastic gravitational wave background which may be observable today. In this talk, I will focus on the crucial problem of making reliable predictions in the face of infrared Bose enhancements at high temperature. Such enhancements break the alignment between the loop and coupling expansions, and typically lead...

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  5. David Weir (University of Helsinki)
    13/07/2021, 16:10

    In many extensions of the Standard Model, the electroweak transition is first order - in some cases, strongly so. The ensuing phase transition would result in collisions of bubbles of the new Higgs phase. These collisions, and the associated interactions of sound waves in the plasma, are substantial sources of gravitational waves. For a phase transition at or around the electroweak scale,...

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  6. Marek Lewicki (University of Warsaw)
    13/07/2021, 16:50

    We will discuss energy budget of first order phase transitions and identify models capable of supporting extreme supercooling necessary to feature bubble collisions as the main source of gravitational waves. We will also review new semi-analytical calculation of the spectrum appropriate in such strong transitions.

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  7. Jorinde van de Vis (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
    13/07/2021, 17:15

    Cosmological first-order phase transitions are predicted by many new physics models and could have facilitated the generation of the baryon asymmetry. Gravitational waves are a promising tool to study phase transitions in the early universe. In this talk, I focus on the energy budget of such phase transitions, which is an important factor in the prediction of the gravitational wave spectrum....

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  8. Alberto Roper Pol
    13/07/2021, 17:40

    The generation of primordial magnetic fields and its interaction with the primordial plasma during cosmological phase transitions is turbulent in nature. I will describe and discuss results of direct numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the early universe and the resulting stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB). In addition to the SGWB, the primordial...

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  9. Chiara Caprini (APC Paris)
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