Probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational waves
Abstract We perform three dimensional lattice simulation of the electroweak symmetry breaking process through two-step vacuum-like phase transitions with one step being first-order. Our results show that: 1) when the electroweak symmetry breaking is driven by the beyond Standard Model theories throu...
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| author | Zizhuo Zhao Yuefeng Di Ligong Bian Rong-Gen Cai |
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| description | Abstract We perform three dimensional lattice simulation of the electroweak symmetry breaking process through two-step vacuum-like phase transitions with one step being first-order. Our results show that: 1) when the electroweak symmetry breaking is driven by the beyond Standard Model theories through the Higgs-portal, the gravitational wave spectra produced from the phase transitions are of broken power-law shape; 2) when the electroweak symmetry breaking is induced by a first-order phase transition of a high-scale theory respecting the global U(1) symmetry, cosmic strings can form and then decay through particle radiation. The two scenarios can be distinguished through probing the stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds. Our study suggests that the stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds provide an alternative way to probe the beyond Standard Model theories relevant to the electroweak symmetry breaking in the early Universe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e0b875831c04d71911f3f99c463ae062024-01-28T12:10:09ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792023-10-0120231012210.1007/JHEP10(2023)158Probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational wavesZizhuo Zhao0Yuefeng Di1Ligong Bian2Rong-Gen Cai3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesDepartment of Physics and Chongqing Key Laboratory for Strongly Coupled Physics, Chongqing UniversityCAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesAbstract We perform three dimensional lattice simulation of the electroweak symmetry breaking process through two-step vacuum-like phase transitions with one step being first-order. Our results show that: 1) when the electroweak symmetry breaking is driven by the beyond Standard Model theories through the Higgs-portal, the gravitational wave spectra produced from the phase transitions are of broken power-law shape; 2) when the electroweak symmetry breaking is induced by a first-order phase transition of a high-scale theory respecting the global U(1) symmetry, cosmic strings can form and then decay through particle radiation. The two scenarios can be distinguished through probing the stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds. Our study suggests that the stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds provide an alternative way to probe the beyond Standard Model theories relevant to the electroweak symmetry breaking in the early Universe.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)158Cosmology of Theories BSMPhase Transitions in the Early Universe |
| spellingShingle | Zizhuo Zhao Yuefeng Di Ligong Bian Rong-Gen Cai Probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational waves Journal of High Energy Physics Cosmology of Theories BSM Phase Transitions in the Early Universe |
| title | Probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational waves |
| title_full | Probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational waves |
| title_fullStr | Probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational waves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational waves |
| title_short | Probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational waves |
| title_sort | probing the electroweak symmetry breaking history with gravitational waves |
| topic | Cosmology of Theories BSM Phase Transitions in the Early Universe |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)158 |
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