Abstract

We study the dynamics of electroweak phase transition in a simple extension of the Standard Model where the Higgs sector is extended by adding an $SU(2)_L$-triplet with hypercharge Y=2. By making random scans over the parameters of the model, we show that there are regions consistent with constraints from collider experiments and the requirement for a strong first-order electroweak phase transition which is needed for electroweak baryogenesis. Further, we also study the power spectrum of the gravitational waves which can be generated due to the first-order phase transitions. Moreover, the detectability of these gravitational waves, via future space-based detectors, is discussed.

Highlights

  • A cosmological electroweak phase transition (EWPT) is interesting for numerous reasons

  • We have investigated the cosmological electroweak phase transition in an inert triplet scalar extension of the Standard Model (SM) model

  • We found that there are regions of parameter space that can both yield a strong first-order electroweak phase transition and be consistent with recent LHC results on the Higgs-to-diphoton decay rate

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

A cosmological electroweak phase transition (EWPT) is interesting for numerous reasons. About half a century ago, Sakharov proposed three early Universe conditions that must be satisfied for successful baryon asymmetry generation [8]: i) baryon number violation, ii) C and CP violation, and iii) a departure from thermal equilibrium These are in principle possible within the framework of an electroweak phase transition in the early Universe called electroweak baryogenesis (EWBG). The EWPT and its gravitational-wave signatures have been well studied within the framework of the singlet [12,13,14,15], doublet [16,17], and real triplet (Y 1⁄4 1) [17,18,19] cases of the scalar-multiplet class of models Another wellmotivated representation of the SUð2ÞL group is the complex triplet (Y 1⁄4 2), which could be used to explain the smallness of the neutrino mass in the type II seesaw mechanism [20,21,22]. IV and V we present numerical analyses of the model in light of the EWPT and gravitational-wave generation, respectively

THE MODEL
EXCLUDING PARAMETER SPACE VIA HIGGS DECAY RATES
DYNAMICS OF THE EWPT
CW gi m4i ðφÞ log i m2i ðφÞ m2i ðv0Þ
GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE SPECTRUM
SUMMARY
Decay to leptons
Decay to gauge bosons
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