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Gravitational wave signals of dark matter freeze-out

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-02-03 v4 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We study the stochastic background of gravitational waves which accompany the sudden freeze-out of dark matter triggered by a cosmological first order phase transition that endows dark matter with mass. We consider models that produce the measured dark matter relic abundance via (1) bubble filtering, and (2) inflation and reheating, and show that gravitational waves from these mechanisms are detectable at future interferometers.

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@article{arxiv.2006.07313,
  title  = {Gravitational wave signals of dark matter freeze-out},
  author = {Danny Marfatia and Po-Yan Tseng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.07313},
  year   = {2021}
}

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17 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables. Version to appear in JHEP