Probing the Scale of New Physics by Advanced LIGO/VIRGO
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2016-05-04 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We show that if the new physics beyond the Standard Model is associated with a first-order phase transition around GeV, the energy density stored in the resulting stochastic gravitational waves and the corresponding peak frequency are within the projected final sensitivity of the advanced LIGO/VIRGO detectors. We discuss some possible new physics scenarios that could arise at such energies, and in particular, the consequences for Peccei-Quinn and supersymmetry breaking scales.
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@article{arxiv.1602.04203,
title = {Probing the Scale of New Physics by Advanced LIGO/VIRGO},
author = {P. S. Bhupal Dev and A. Mazumdar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.04203},
year = {2016}
}
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8 pages, 1 figure; version to appear in Phys. Rev. D