Imprints of the QCD Phase Transition on the Spectrum of Gravitational Waves

Details Imprints of the QCD Phase Transition on the Spectrum of Gravitational Waves Imprints of the QCD Phase Transition on the Spectrum of Gravitational Waves

2010-10-23

arxiv.org/abs/1010.4857v2

Phys.Rev.D83:064030,2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

11 pages, 13 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.83.064030

We have investigated effects of the QCD phase transition on the relic GW spectrum applying several equations of state for the strongly interacting matter: Besides the bag model, which describes a first order transition, we use recent data from lattice calculations featuring a crossover. Finally, we include a short period of inflation during the transition which allows for a first order phase transition at finite baryon density. Our results show that the QCD transition imprints a step into the spectrum of GWs. Within the first two scenarios, entropy conservation leads to a step-size determined by the relativistic degrees of freedom before and after the transition. The inflation of the third scenario much stronger attenuates the high-frequency modes: An inflationary model being consistent with observation entails suppression of the spectral energy density by a factor of ~10^(-12).

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