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Gravitational waves from first-order cosmological phase transitionsA first-order cosmological phase transition that proceeds through the nucleation and collision of true-vacuum bubbles is a potent source of gravitational radiation. Possibilities for such include first-order inflation, grand-unified-theory-symmetry breaking, and electroweak-symmetry breaking. We have calculated gravity-wave production from the collision of two scalar-field vacuum bubbles, and, using an approximation based upon these results, from the collision of 20 to 30 vacuum bubbles. We present estimates of the relic background of gravitational waves produced by a first-order phase transition.
Document ID
19930027454
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kosowsky, Arthur
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Turner, Michael S.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Watkins, Richard
(NASAFermilab Astrophysics Center Batavia; Chicago Univ., IL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
October 5, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Physical Review Letters
Volume: 69
Issue: 14
ISSN: 0031-9007
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A11451
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-2381
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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