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In a vacuum first-order phase transition, gravitational waves are generated from collision of bubbles of the true vacuum. The spectrum from such collisions takes the form of a broken power law. We consider a toy model for such a phase…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 Daniel Cutting , Elba Granados Escartin , Mark Hindmarsh , David J. Weir

We study production of gravitational waves (GWs) in strongly supercooled cosmological phase transitions in gauge theories. We extract from two-bubble lattice simulations the scaling of the GW source, and use it in many-bubble simulations in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-18 Marek Lewicki , Ville Vaskonen

We extend analytic formulas for the gravitational-wave (GW) spectrum from first-order phase transitions to include cosmic expansion under the thin-wall and envelope approximations. We demonstrate that even for strongly supercooled…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-23 Masaki Yamada

We reexamine the production of gravitational waves by bubble collisions during a first-order phase transition. The spectrum of the gravitational radiation is determined by numerical simulations using the "envelope approximation". We find…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-03-20 Stephan J. Huber , Thomas Konstandin

We report on the first 3-dimensional numerical simulations of first-order phase transitions in the early universe to include the cosmic fluid as well as the scalar field order parameter. We calculate the gravitational wave (GW) spectrum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-01-30 Mark Hindmarsh , Stephan J. Huber , Kari Rummukainen , David J. Weir

We calculate gravitational wave power spectra from first order early Universe phase transitions using the Sound Shell Model. The model predicts that the power spectrum depends on the mean bubble separation, the phase transition strength,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-15 Mark Hindmarsh , Mulham Hijazi

Motivated by the new heavy dark matter production mechanism from cosmic phase transition, we propose a novel mechanism for the generation of microscopic gravitational waves (GWs) during cosmological first-order phase transitions arising…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-12 Dayun Qiu , Siyu Jiang , Fa Peng Huang

Gravitational waves (GWs) generated by a first-order phase transition at the electroweak scale are detectable by future space-based detectors like LISA. The lifetime of the resulting shock waves plays an important role in determining the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-14 Jani Dahl , Mark Hindmarsh , Kari Rummukainen , David Weir

We study gravitational-wave production from bubble collisions in a cosmic first-order phase transition, focusing on the possibility of model separation by the bubble nucleation rate dependence of the resulting gravitational-wave spectrum.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-20 Ryusuke Jinno , Sangjun Lee , Hyeonseok Seong , Masahiro Takimoto

We study gravitational wave (GW) production in strongly supercooled cosmological phase transitions, taking particular care of models featuring a complex scalar field with a U$(1)$ symmetric potential. We perform lattice simulations of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-28 Marek Lewicki , Ville Vaskonen

We study gravitational wave production at strong first order phase transitions, with large-scale, long-running simulations of a system with a scalar order parameter and a relativistic fluid. One transition proceeds by detonations with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-18 José Correia , Mark Hindmarsh , Kari Rummukainen , David J. Weir

We conduct large scale numerical simulations of gravitational wave production at a first order vacuum phase transition. We find a power law for the gravitational wave power spectrum at high wavenumber which falls off as $k^{-1.5}$ rather…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-20 Daniel Cutting , Mark Hindmarsh , David J. Weir

In this paper we discuss some general aspects of the gravitational wave background arising from post-inflationary short-lasting cosmological events such as phase transitions. We concentrate on the physics which determines the shape and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Chiara Caprini , Ruth Durrer , Thomas Konstandin , Geraldine Servant

In many particle physics models, domain wall can form during the phase transition process after discrete symmetry breaking. We study the scenario within a complex singlet extended Standard Model framework, where a strongly first order phase…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-20 Ruiyu Zhou , Jing Yang , Ligong Bian

First-order phase transitions in the early Universe are a well-motivated source of gravitational waves (GWs). In this Letter, we identify a previously overlooked GW production mechanism: gravitational transition radiation, arising from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-09 Wen-Yuan Ai

We present a general method for computing the gravitational radiation arising from the motion of bubble walls or thin fluid shells in cosmological phase transitions. We discuss the application of this method to different wall kinematics. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-03 Ariel Megevand , Federico Agustin Membiela

First order phase transitions are well-motivated and extensively studied sources of gravitational waves (GWs) from the early Universe. The vacuum energy released during such transitions is assumed to be transferred primarily either to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-06 Ryusuke Jinno , Bibhushan Shakya , Jorinde van de Vis

We study the envelope approximation and its applicability to first-order phase transitions in the early universe. We demonstrate that the power laws seen in previous studies exist independently of the nucleation rate. We also compare the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-16 David J. Weir

We comprehensively study the effects of bubble wall thickness and speed on the gravitational wave emission spectrum of collisions of two vacuum bubbles. We numerically simulate a large dynamical range, making use of symmetry to reduce the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-16 Oliver Gould , Satumaaria Sukuvaara , David Weir

We discuss a new source of gravitational waves (GWs) from first-order phase transitions. The collisions of bubbles of the new phase can efficiently produce particles that couple to the background field undergoing the transition, thereby…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-14 Keisuke Inomata , Marc Kamionkowski , Kentaro Kasai , Bibhushan Shakya
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