Twin-peaked gravitational wave signal from a dark sector phase transition
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2026-03-18 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
We compute the gravitational wave spectrum from a dark sector phase transition driven by spontaneous breaking. If the transition is second-order, the only source of gravitational waves is the annihilation of domain walls (biased by quantum gravity). However, if the transition is first-order, this yields a twin-peaked signal from both the transition itself and the biased domain wall annihilation. Both scenarios originate when a scalar singlet odd under the obtains a non-zero vacuum expectation value. An additional odd scalar doublet strengthens the transition and produces fermionic dark matter via freeze-in, matching observed dark matter relic density.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.15829,
title = {Twin-peaked gravitational wave signal from a dark sector phase transition},
author = {Rishav Roshan and Indrajit Saha},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.15829},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
14 pages, 5 captioned figures