Effect of density fluctuations on gravitational wave production in first-order phase transitions

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2021/12/019zbMATH Open1487.83020arXiv2108.11947OpenAlexW3193484523WikidataQ114824756 ScholiaQ114824756MaRDI QIDQ5064656FDOQ5064656

Authors: Ryusuke Jinno, Thomas Konstandin, Henrique Rubira, Jorinde van de Vis 

Publication date: 16 March 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the effect of density perturbations on the process of first-order phase transitions and gravitational wave production in the early Universe. We are mainly interested in how the distribution of nucleated bubbles is affected by fluctuations in the local temperature. We find that large-scale density fluctuations ($$) result in a larger effective bubble size at the time of collision, enhancing the produced amplitude of gravitational waves. The amplitude of the density fluctuations necessary for this enhancement is $$, and therefore the gravitational wave signal from first-order phase transitions with relatively large $$ can be significantly enhanced by this mechanism even for fluctuations with moderate amplitudes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.11947

zbMATH Keywords

cosmological phase transitionsgravitational waves/sources

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Signal detection and filtering (aspects of stochastic processes) (60G35) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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