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Title: Nonperturbative analysis of the gravitational waves from a first-order electroweak phase transition

Journal Article · · Physical Review D

We present the first end-to-end nonperturbative analysis of the gravitational wave power spectrum from a thermal first-order electroweak phase transition (EWPT), using the framework of dimensionally reduced effective field theory and preexisting nonperturbative simulation results. We are able to show that a first-order EWPT in any beyond the Standard Model (BSM) scenario that can be described by a Standard Model-like effective theory at long distances will produce gravitational wave signatures too weak to be observed at existing and planned detectors. This implies that colliders are likely to provide the best chance of exploring the phase structure of such theories, while transitions strong enough to be detected at gravitational wave experiments require either previously neglected higher-dimension operators or light BSM fields to be included in the dimensionally reduced effective theory and therefore necessitate dedicated nonperturbative studies. As a concrete application, we analyze the real singlet-extended Standard Model and identify regions of parameter space with single-step first-order transitions, comparing our findings to those obtained using a fully perturbative method. We discuss the prospects for exploring the electroweak phase diagram in this model at collider and gravitational wave experiments in light of our nonperturbative results.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Academy of Finland; Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation; Vilho, Yrjö, and Kalle Väisälä Foundation; European Research Council (ERC); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0011095; PHY-1719642; 308791; 725369; 200020-168988; 286769; PHY-1607611
OSTI ID:
1579391
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1802208
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 100 Journal Issue: 11; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 53 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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