Asymmetric dark matter from gravitational waves

Abstract

We investigate the prospects for probing asymmetric dark matter models through their gravitational wave signatures. We concentrate on a theory extending the Standard Model gauge symmetry by a non-Abelian group, under which leptons form doublets with new fermionic partners, one of them being a dark matter candidate. The breaking of this new symmetry occurs at a high scale and results in a strong first order phase transition in the early universe. The model accommodates baryogenesis in an asymmetric dark matter setting and predicts a gravitational wave signal within the reach of near-future experiments.