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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 \ZDW\ZDW 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 \ZDW\ZDW obtains a non-zero vacuum expectation value. An additional \ZDM\ZDM odd scalar doublet strengthens the transition and produces fermionic dark matter via freeze-in, matching observed dark matter relic density.

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@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}
}

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14 pages, 5 captioned figures