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Title: Signals of the electroweak phase transition at colliders and gravitational wave observatories

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Durham Univ., Durham (United Kingdom)
  2. Univ. de Valencia-CSIC, Valencia (Spain); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  3. Univ. of Bern, Bern (Switzerland); Univ. of Stavanger, Stavanger (Norway)

If the electroweak phase transition (EWPT) is of strongly first order due to higher dimensional operators, the scale of new physics generating them is at the TeV scale or below. In this case the effective-field theory (EFT) neglecting operators of dimension higher than six may overlook terms that are relevant for the EWPT analysis. In this article we study the EWPT in the EFT to dimension eight. We estimate the reach of the future gravitational wave observatory LISA for probing the region in which the EWPT is strongly first order and compare it with the capabilities of the Higgs measurements via double-Higgs production at current and future colliders. Furthermore, we also match different UV models to the previously mentioned dimension-eight EFT and demonstrate that, from the top-down point of view, the double-Higgs production is not the best signal to explore these scenarios.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1462227
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 22743382
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1802.02168; FERMILAB-PUB--18-241-T; 1653676
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 2018; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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