scholarly journals Lepton-mediated electroweak baryogenesis, gravitational waves and the 4τ final state at the collider

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke-Pan Xie
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Hadron Colliders ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
Final State ◽  
First Order ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Abstract An electroweak baryogenesis (EWBG) mechanism mediated by τ lepton transport is proposed. We extend the Standard Model with a real singlet scalar S to trigger the strong first-order electroweak phase transition (SFOEWPT), and with a set of leptophilic dimension-5 operators to provide sufficient CP violating source. We demonstrate this model is able to generate the observed baryon asymmetry of the universe. This scenario is experimentally testable via either the SFOEWPT gravitational wave signals at the next-generation space-based detectors, or the pp → h* → SS → 4τ process (where h* is an off-shell Higgs) at the hadron colliders. A detailed collider simulation shows that a considerable fraction of parameter space can be probed at the HL-LHC, while almost the whole parameter space allowed by EWBG can be reached by the 27 TeV HE-LHC.

scholarly journals Nucleation is more than critical: A case study of the electroweak phase transition in the NMSSM

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Baum ◽  
Marcela Carena ◽  
Nausheen R. Shah ◽  
Carlos E. M. Wagner ◽  
Yikun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Local Minima ◽  
Critical Temperatures ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
Vacuum Structure ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Scalar Sector

Abstract Electroweak baryogenesis is an attractive mechanism to generate the baryon asymmetry of the Universe via a strong first order electroweak phase transition. We compare the phase transition patterns suggested by the vacuum structure at the critical temperatures, at which local minima are degenerate, with those obtained from computing the probability for nucleation via tunneling through the barrier separating local minima. Heuristically, nucleation becomes difficult if the barrier between the local minima is too high, or if the distance (in field space) between the minima is too large. As an example of a model exhibiting such behavior, we study the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, whose scalar sector contains two SU(2) doublets and one gauge singlet. We find that the calculation of the nucleation probabilities prefers different regions of parameter space for a strong first order electroweak phase transition than the calculation based solely on the critical temperatures. Our results demonstrate that analyzing only the vacuum structure via the critical temperatures can provide a misleading picture of the phase transition patterns, and, in turn, of the parameter space suitable for electroweak baryogenesis.

scholarly journals Limiting first-order phase transitions in dark gauge sectors from gravitational waves experiments

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (08) ◽  
pp. 1750049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Addazi
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Higgs Potential ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase

We discuss the possibility to indirectly test first-order phase transitions of hidden sectors. We study the interesting example of a Dark Standard Model (D-SM) with a deformed parameter space in the Higgs potential. A dark electroweak phase transition can be limited from next future experiments like eLISA and DECIGO.

scholarly journals Gravitational waves from the phase transition of a nonlinearly realized electroweak gauge symmetry

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 1750114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archil Kobakhidze ◽  
Adrian Manning ◽  
Jason Yue
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
Wave Measurements ◽  
Future Space ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
New Interactions

Within the Standard Model with nonlinearly realized electroweak symmetry, the LHC Higgs boson may reside in a singlet representation of the gauge group. Several new interactions are then allowed, including anomalous Higgs self-couplings, which may drive the electroweak phase transition to be strongly first-order. In this paper, we investigate the cosmological electroweak phase transition in a simplified model with an anomalous Higgs cubic self-coupling. We look at the feasibility of detecting gravitational waves produced during such a transition in the early universe by future space-based experiments. We demonstrate an intriguing interplay between collider measurements of the Higgs self-coupling and these potential gravitational wave measurements. We find that for the range of relatively large cubic couplings, [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]mHz frequency gravitational waves can be observed by eLISA, while BBO will potentially be able to detect waves in a wider frequency range, [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]mHz.

scholarly journals Gravitational waves from the first order electroweak phase transition in the Z3 symmetric singlet scalar model

2018 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 05001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshinori Matsui
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Higgs Sector ◽  
Electroweak Symmetry ◽  
Scalar Model ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
First Order Phase ◽  
The Universe

Among various scenarios of baryon asymmetry of the Universe, electroweak baryogenesis is directly connected with physics of the Higgs sector. We discuss spectra of gravitational waves which are originated by the strongly first order phase transition at the electroweak symmetry breaking, which is required for a successful scenario of electroweak baryogenesis. In the Z3 symmetric singlet scalar model, the significant gravitational waves are caused by the multi-step phase transition. We show that the model can be tested by measuring the characteristic spectra of the gravitational waves at future interferometers such as LISA and DECIGO.

scholarly journals Towards Reviving Electroweak Baryogenesis with a Fourth Generation

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wei-Shu Hou ◽  
Masaya Kohda
Keyword(s):  
Recent Observation ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Boson Mass ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Higgs Boson Mass ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
First Order ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Electroweak baryogenesis is an attractive scenario for explaining the baryon asymmetry of the universe. However, it does not work within the standard model due to two reasons: (1) the strength of CP violation from the Kobayashi-Maskawa mechanism with three generations is too small; (2) the electroweak phase transition is not first order for the experimentally allowed Higgs boson mass. We discuss possibilities to solve these problems by introducing a fourth generation of fermions and how electroweak baryogenesis might be revived. We also discuss briefly the recent observation of a Higgs-like boson with mass around 125 GeV, which puts the fourth generation in a difficult situation, and the possible way out.

scholarly journals Simulations of a bubble wall interacting with an electroweak plasma

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong-Gang Mou ◽  
Paul M. Saffin ◽  
Anders Tranberg
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Winding Number ◽  
Bubble Wall ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Technical Details ◽  
Real Time Simulations ◽  
Chern Simons

Abstract We perform large-scale real-time simulations of a bubble wall sweeping through an out-of-equilibrium plasma. The scenario we have in mind is the electroweak phase transition, which may be first order in extensions of the Standard Model, and produce such bubbles. The process may be responsible for baryogenesis and can generate a background of primordial cosmological gravitational waves. We study thermodynamic features of the plasma near the advancing wall, the generation of Chern-Simons number/Higgs winding number and consider the potential for CP-violation at the wall generating a baryon asymmetry. A number of technical details necessary for a proper numerical implementation are developed.

Ring-diagram summations in the finite-temperature effective potential

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Carrington
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Effective Potential ◽  
Finite Temperature ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
Ring Diagram ◽  
First Order Phase Transition ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The One

There has been much recent interest in the finite-temperature effective potential of the standard model in the context of the electroweak phase transition. We review the calculation of the effective potential with particular emphasis on the validity of the expansions that are used. The presence of a term that is cubic in the Higgs condensate in the one-loop effective potential appears to indicate a first-order electroweak phase transition. However, in the high-temperature regime, the infrared singularities inherent in massless models produce cubic terms that are of the same order in the coupling. In this paper, we discuss the inclusion of an infinite set of these terms via the ring-diagram summation, and show that the standard model has a first-order phase transition in the weak coupling expansion.

scholarly journals BARYOGENESIS VIA DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS WITH A SECOND ORDER ELECTROWEAK PHASE TRANSITION

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (26) ◽  
pp. 4851-4868 ◽  
Author(s):  
BISWANATH LAYEK ◽  
SOMA SANYAL ◽  
AJIT M. SRIVASTAVA
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Density Fluctuations ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Baryon Production ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
Second Order Transition ◽  
Background Temperature ◽  
The Universe

We consider the presence of cosmic string induced density fluctuations in the universe at temperatures below the electroweak phase transition temperature. Resulting temperature fluctuations can restore the electroweak symmetry locally, depending on the amplitude of fluctuations and the background temperature. The symmetry will be spontaneously broken again in a given fluctuation region as the temperature drops there (for fluctuations with length scales smaller than the horizon), resulting in the production of baryon asymmetry. The time scale of the transition will be governed by the wavelength of fluctuation and, hence, can be much smaller than the Hubble time. This leads to strong enhancement in the production of baryon asymmetry for a second order electroweak phase transition as compared to the case when transition happens due to the cooling of the universe via expansion. For a two-Higgs extension of the Standard Model (with appropriate CP violation), we show that one can get the required baryon to entropy ratio if fluctuations propagate without getting significantly damped. If fluctuations are damped rapidly, then a volume factor suppresses the baryon production. Still, the short scale of the fluctuation leads to enhancement of the baryon to entropy ratio by at least 3–4 orders of magnitude compared to the conventional case of second order transition where the cooling happens due to expansion of the universe.

THE ELECTROWEAK PHASE TRANSITION ON THE LATTICE

1994 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 379-381
Author(s):  
K. FARAKOS ◽  
K. KAJANTIE ◽  
K. RUMMUKAINEN ◽  
M. SHAPOSHNIKOV
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Higgs Mass ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Higgs Particle ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
Lattice Monte Carlo ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Detailed Nature

According to the electroweak baryogenesis scenario the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe was created shortly after the Big Bang, during the electroweak phase transition. This process depends strongly on the detailed nature of the electroweak phase transition. For realistic Higgs particle masses, the standard perturbative analysis indicates that the transition is at most only weakly first order. We have studied the transition with non-perturbative lattice Monte Carlo simulations. We found large non-perturbative effects; in particular, the phase transition is a strongly first order one, at least up to Higgs mass of about 85 GeV. This makes electroweak baryogenesis a viable scenario with a Higgs mass not exceeding 85 GeV.

THE LHC AND THE UNIVERSE AT LARGE

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 657-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
PIERRE BINÉTRUY
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Black Holes ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
Primordial Gravitational Waves ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Particle Astrophysics ◽  
The Universe

I discuss here some of the deeper connections between the physics studied at the LHC (electroweak phase transition, physics beyond the Standard Model, extra dimensions) and some of the most important issues in the field of particle astrophysics and cosmology (dark matter, primordial gravitational waves, black holes,…).

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