Gravitational Waves as Probes of New Physics

3 May 2024, 10:20
20m
DIAS

DIAS

10 Burlington Rd, Dublin, D04 C932, Ireland

Speaker

Stephen Frederick King (University of Southampton)

Description

We discuss some examples of how gravitational waves from either phase transitions or cosmological relics such as cosmic strings or domain walls, may be used to probe a variety of new physics ranging from neutrino mass, grand unification, inflation or even quantum gravity. The recent Pulsar Timing Array results from experiments such as NANOgrav may be the first indication of such signals.

Primary author

Stephen Frederick King (University of Southampton)

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