Strong Electroweak Phase Transition in a Model with Extended Scalar Sector

Abstract EN

We consider an extension of the Standard Model (SM) with additional gauge singlets which exhibits a strong first-order phase transition.

Due to this first-order phase transition in the early universe gravitational waves are produced.

We estimate the contributions such as the sound wave, the bubble wall collision, and the plasma turbulence to the stochastic gravitational wave background, and we find that the strength at the peak frequency is large enough to be detected at future gravitational interferometers such as eLISA.

Deviations in the various Higgs boson self-couplings are also evaluated.