LIGO/Virgo Black Holes from a First Order Quark Confinement Phase Transition
Abstract
We propose that ($O 10 M$⊙) black holes observed by LIGO/Virgo originate from a first order phase transition at a temperature $$T_* ≲ 100 $$$\textbf{MeV}$$, associated with $$\textbf{QCD'}$$ - an early Universe deformation of the Standard Model $$\textbf{QCD}$$. This is realized by keeping the quark masses small compared to confinement scale down to $T$$\thicksim$$$ T_*$$, making $$\textbf{QCD'}$$ transition first order. We implement this scenario using a light scalar that could potentially be a good dark matter candidate.
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1560727
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1558234
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-212000-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; 101102
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- SC0012704
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 123 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; LIGO; Virgo; QCD; SM; transition; scalar; holes; quark; MeV
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Davoudiasl, Hooman. LIGO/Virgo Black Holes from a First Order Quark Confinement Phase Transition. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.101102.
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@article{osti_1560727,
title = {LIGO/Virgo Black Holes from a First Order Quark Confinement Phase Transition},
author = {Davoudiasl, Hooman},
abstractNote = {We propose that ($O 10 M$⊙) black holes observed by LIGO/Virgo originate from a first order phase transition at a temperature $T_* ≲ 100 $$\textbf{MeV}$, associated with $\textbf{QCD'}$ - an early Universe deformation of the Standard Model $\textbf{QCD}$. This is realized by keeping the quark masses small compared to confinement scale down to $T$$\thicksim$$ T_*$, making $\textbf{QCD'}$ transition first order. We implement this scenario using a light scalar that could potentially be a good dark matter candidate.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.101102},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 10,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {9}
}
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