Conveners
First order phase transitions
- Luca Martucci (University of Padua)
Gravitational waves emitted from FOPTs of strongly coupled QFTs are, at present, a daunting task to accurately predict due to their strong coupling nature. This talk demonstrates how to predict the gravitational wave spectra of Strongly coupled QFTs using holography and lattice data input for a pure SU(N) Yang-Mills theory. We will display how holography may be useful in constructing an...
Terminal velocity reached by bubble walls in cosmological first-order phase transitions is an important parameter determining both primordial gravitational wave spectrum and the production of baryon asymmetry in models of electroweak baryogenesis. In this talk I discuss the recent results for local thermal equilibrium approximation for which, using hydrodynamic simulations, we have confirmed...
The dynamics of first order phase transitions shows a non-trivial interplay between the bubble wall and the surrounding plasma, which is fundamental in determining the phenomenology of the phase transition including the associated gravitational wave emission. Building upon recent findings on inverse phase transitions in the early Universe, in this talk I will present the first natural...
