Limiting First Order Phase Transitions in Dark Gauge Sectors from Gravitational Waves experiments

TL;DR

This paper explores how future gravitational wave experiments can indirectly detect first order phase transitions in dark gauge sectors, focusing on a dark standard model with a modified Higgs potential.

Contribution

It demonstrates that upcoming experiments like eLISA and DECIGO can constrain dark electroweak phase transitions through gravitational wave signals.

Findings

Dark electroweak phase transition can be constrained by future gravitational wave detectors.

Modified Higgs potential affects the phase transition characteristics.

Potential to test hidden sectors indirectly via gravitational wave observations.

Abstract

We discuss the possibility to indirectly test First Order Phase Transitions of hidden sectors. We study the interesting example of a {\it dark standard model} 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.