Cosmological first-order phase transitions may have played a significant role in the formation of baryon asymmetry and dark matter, potentially leaving an observable gravitational wave signature. In this talk, I will focus on the possibility of primordial black hole (PBH) formation from slow and strongly supercooled transitions. I will describe how the stochastic nature of the bubble nucleation process generates large inhomogeneities that can collapse into PBHs after the transition. Additionally, I will introduce a model where such transitions can happen and discuss the characteristics of the resulting gravitational wave background, which is sourced not only by the bubbles but also by the inhomogeneities.
Wednesday
20 Nov/24
11:30
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12:30
(Europe/Zurich)
Black holes and gravitational waves from slow and strongly supercooled phase transitions
Where:
4/2-011 at CERN