A first order dark $SU(2)_D$ phase transition with vector dark matter in the light of NANOGrav 12.5 yr data
Abstract
We study a dark gauge extension of the standard model (SM) with the possibility of a strong first order phase transition (FOPT) taking place below the electroweak scale in the light of NANOGrav 12.5 yr data. As pointed out recently by the NANOGrav collaboration, gravitational waves (GW) from such a FOPT with appropriate strength and nucleation temperature can explain their 12.5 yr data. We impose a classical conformal invariance on the scalar potential of sector involving only a complex scalar doublet with negligible couplings with the SM Higgs. While a FOPT at sub-GeV temperatures can give rise to stochastic GW around nano-Hz frequencies being in agreement with NANOGrav findings, the vector bosons which acquire masses as a result of the FOPT in dark sector, can also serve as dark matter (DM) in the universe. The relic abundance of such vector DM can be generated in a non-thermal manner from the SM bath via scalar portal mixing. We also discuss future sensitivity of gravitational wave experiments to the model parameter space.
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@article{arxiv.2109.11558,
title = {A first order dark $SU(2)_D$ phase transition with vector dark matter in the light of NANOGrav 12.5 yr data},
author = {Debasish Borah and Arnab Dasgupta and Sin Kyu Kang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.11558},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
10 pages, 6 captioned figures. accepted for publication in JCAP. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2105.01007