Hydrodynamics of ultra-relativistic bubble walls

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.02.009MaRDI QIDQ262843zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Leonardo Leitao, Ariel Mégevand

Publication date 30 March 2016

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.07747

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dusty-gas two-phase flows (76T15) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Stefan problems, phase changes, etc. (80A22) Gravitational waves (83C35) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55)

Abstract: In cosmological first-order phase transitions, gravitational waves are generated by the collisions of bubble walls and by the bulk motions caused in the fluid. A sizeable signal may result from fast-moving walls. In this work we study the hydrodynamics associated to the fastest propagation modes, namely, ultra-relativistic detonations and runaway solutions. We compute the energy injected by the phase transition into the fluid and the energy which accumulates in the bubble walls. We provide analytic approximations and fits as functions of the net force acting on the wall, which can be readily evaluated for specific models. We also study the back-reaction of hydrodynamics on the wall motion, and we discuss the extrapolation of the friction force away from the ultra-relativistic limit. We use these results to estimate the gravitational wave signal from detonations and runaway walls.

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