First order phase transitions in the early universe naturally lead to the production of a stochastic background of gravitational waves and to the generation of a matter-antimatter asymmetry. The dynamics of the phase transition is affected by the density perturbations in the hot plasma. We address this topic by providing, for the first time, a full numerical solution to the linearized Boltzmann equation for the top quark species coupled to the Higgs field during a first order phase transition at the electroweak scale. Differently from the traditional approaches, our results do not depend on any ansatz and can fully describe the non-equilibrium distribution functions of the particle species in the plasma.
Dynamics of bubble walls at the electroweak phase transition / De Curtis, Stefania; Rose, Luigi Delle; Guiggiani, Andrea; Muyor, Ángel Gil; Panico, Giuliano. - In: EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES. - ISSN 2100-014X. - ELETTRONICO. - 270:(2022), pp. 0-0. (Intervento presentato al convegno Internazionale) [10.1051/epjconf/202227000035].
Dynamics of bubble walls at the electroweak phase transition
De Curtis, Stefania;Rose, Luigi Delle;Guiggiani, Andrea;Panico, Giuliano
2022
Abstract
First order phase transitions in the early universe naturally lead to the production of a stochastic background of gravitational waves and to the generation of a matter-antimatter asymmetry. The dynamics of the phase transition is affected by the density perturbations in the hot plasma. We address this topic by providing, for the first time, a full numerical solution to the linearized Boltzmann equation for the top quark species coupled to the Higgs field during a first order phase transition at the electroweak scale. Differently from the traditional approaches, our results do not depend on any ansatz and can fully describe the non-equilibrium distribution functions of the particle species in the plasma.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.