Implications of Nano-Hertz Gravitational Waves on Electroweak Phase Transition in the Singlet Dark Matter Model

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Main Authors: Xiao, Yang, Yang, Jin Min, Zhang, Yang
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author Xiao, Yang
Yang, Jin Min
Zhang, Yang
author_facet Xiao, Yang
Yang, Jin Min
Zhang, Yang
contents Inspired by the recent evidences of nano-Hertz stochastic gravitational waves observed by the pulsar timing array collaborations, we explore their implied supercooled electroweak phase transition in the singlet extension of the Standard Model. Our findings reveal that by adjusting the model parameter at per milli level, the corresponding percolation temperature can be continuously lowered to 1 GeV. With such a low percolation temperature, the singlet dark matter may freeze out before the electroweak phase transition, and, consequently, the entropy generated during the transition can significantly affect the dark matter relic density. It alleviates the tension between the requirement of a strong electroweak phase transition and the constraints imposed by dark matter direct detection, and can be tested in future experiments.
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spellingShingle Implications of Nano-Hertz Gravitational Waves on Electroweak Phase Transition in the Singlet Dark Matter Model
Xiao, Yang
Yang, Jin Min
Zhang, Yang
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Inspired by the recent evidences of nano-Hertz stochastic gravitational waves observed by the pulsar timing array collaborations, we explore their implied supercooled electroweak phase transition in the singlet extension of the Standard Model. Our findings reveal that by adjusting the model parameter at per milli level, the corresponding percolation temperature can be continuously lowered to 1 GeV. With such a low percolation temperature, the singlet dark matter may freeze out before the electroweak phase transition, and, consequently, the entropy generated during the transition can significantly affect the dark matter relic density. It alleviates the tension between the requirement of a strong electroweak phase transition and the constraints imposed by dark matter direct detection, and can be tested in future experiments.
title Implications of Nano-Hertz Gravitational Waves on Electroweak Phase Transition in the Singlet Dark Matter Model
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01072