Probing the scale of new physics by Advanced LIGO/VIRGO

Bhupal Dev, P. S. and Mazumdar, Anupam (2016) Probing the scale of new physics by Advanced LIGO/VIRGO. Physical Review D, 93 (10): 104001. ISSN 1550-7998

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Abstract

We show that if the new physics beyond the standard model is associated with a first-order phase transition around 107–108  GeV, the energy density stored in the resulting stochastic gravitational waves and the corresponding peak frequency are within the projected final sensitivity of the advanced LIGO/VIRGO detectors. We discuss some possible new physics scenarios that could arise at such energies, and in particular, the consequences for Peccei-Quinn and supersymmetry breaking scales.