ELENA: a software for fast and precise computation of first order phase transitions and gravitational waves production in particle physics models

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Autori principali: Costa, Francesco, Zink, Jaime Hoefken, Lucente, Michele, Pascoli, Silvia, Rosauro-Alcaraz, Salvador
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Costa, Francesco
Zink, Jaime Hoefken
Lucente, Michele
Pascoli, Silvia
Rosauro-Alcaraz, Salvador
author_facet Costa, Francesco
Zink, Jaime Hoefken
Lucente, Michele
Pascoli, Silvia
Rosauro-Alcaraz, Salvador
contents We present ELENA (EvaLuator of tunnElliNg Actions), an open-source Python package designed to compute the full evolution of first-order phase transitions in the early Universe generated by particle physics models, taking into account several refinements that go beyond commonly assumed simplifications. The core of ELENA is based on a vectorized implementation of the tunnelling potential formalism, which allows for a fast computation of the finite-temperature tunnelling action. This, in turn, enables the sampling of the full range of temperatures where two phases coexist and the use of integral expressions that track the complete evolution of the transition, providing a comprehensive picture of it. In addition, ELENA provides all the tools to compute the resulting stochastic gravitational waves spectrum, allowing for the full chain of computations - from the Lagrangian parameter inputs to the final gravitational waves spectrum - in a fast and self-contained implementation.
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spellingShingle ELENA: a software for fast and precise computation of first order phase transitions and gravitational waves production in particle physics models
Costa, Francesco
Zink, Jaime Hoefken
Lucente, Michele
Pascoli, Silvia
Rosauro-Alcaraz, Salvador
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We present ELENA (EvaLuator of tunnElliNg Actions), an open-source Python package designed to compute the full evolution of first-order phase transitions in the early Universe generated by particle physics models, taking into account several refinements that go beyond commonly assumed simplifications. The core of ELENA is based on a vectorized implementation of the tunnelling potential formalism, which allows for a fast computation of the finite-temperature tunnelling action. This, in turn, enables the sampling of the full range of temperatures where two phases coexist and the use of integral expressions that track the complete evolution of the transition, providing a comprehensive picture of it. In addition, ELENA provides all the tools to compute the resulting stochastic gravitational waves spectrum, allowing for the full chain of computations - from the Lagrangian parameter inputs to the final gravitational waves spectrum - in a fast and self-contained implementation.
title ELENA: a software for fast and precise computation of first order phase transitions and gravitational waves production in particle physics models
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00289