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

Caprini, Chiara; Chala, Mikael; Dorsch, Glauber C.; Hindmarsh, Mark; Huber, Stephan J.; Konstandin, Thomas; Kozaczuk, Jonathan; Nardini, Germano; No, Jose Miguel; Rummukainen, Kari; Schwaller, Pedro; Servant, Geraldine; Tranberg, Anders; Weir, David J.

Abstract

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.

Citation

Caprini, C., Chala, M., Dorsch, G. C., Hindmarsh, M., Huber, S. J., Konstandin, T., Kozaczuk, J., Nardini, G., No, J. M., Rummukainen, K., Schwaller, P., Servant, G., Tranberg, A., & Weir, D. J. (2020). Detecting gravitational waves from cosmological phase transitions with LISA: an update. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(03), Article 024. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/03/024

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 15, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Mar 10, 2020
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2020
• Deposit Date: May 21, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 10, 2021
• Journal: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2020
• Issue: 03
• Article Number: 024
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/03/024
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1270157
• Related Public URLs: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.13125