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 and Weir, David J (2020) Detecting gravitational waves from cosmological phase transitions with LISA: an update. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020 (3). pp. 1-58. ISSN 1475-7516

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Engineering and Informatics > Informatics School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2020 08:29
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2021 02:00
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/92932

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