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Main Authors: Sui, Xiao-Bin, Liu, Jing, Cai, Rong-Gen
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23279
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author Sui, Xiao-Bin
Liu, Jing
Cai, Rong-Gen
author_facet Sui, Xiao-Bin
Liu, Jing
Cai, Rong-Gen
contents We investigate the properties of gravitational waves generated by heating induced phase transitions in warm inflation. In this scenario, the heating phase of inflation followed by subsequent cosmological cooling can trigger two associated first-order phase transitions and generate characteristic gravitational waves. The correlated gravitational wave spectral features amplitude, peak frequencies, and oscillatory behavior originate from a unified model governing both phase transitions. These signatures allow discrimination between warm and cold inflation models, and give constraint on the key parameters including the dissipative coupling strength and the inflationary energy scale, collectively illuminating early-Universe dissipative dynamics. Future gravitational wave observatories such as BBO, Ultimate DECIGO, $μ$Ares, resonant cavities, and Pulsar Timing Array experiments, will play a important role in testing these theoretical predictions.
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spellingShingle Probing Warm Inflation via Correlated Gravitational Waves from First Order Phase Transitions
Sui, Xiao-Bin
Liu, Jing
Cai, Rong-Gen
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We investigate the properties of gravitational waves generated by heating induced phase transitions in warm inflation. In this scenario, the heating phase of inflation followed by subsequent cosmological cooling can trigger two associated first-order phase transitions and generate characteristic gravitational waves. The correlated gravitational wave spectral features amplitude, peak frequencies, and oscillatory behavior originate from a unified model governing both phase transitions. These signatures allow discrimination between warm and cold inflation models, and give constraint on the key parameters including the dissipative coupling strength and the inflationary energy scale, collectively illuminating early-Universe dissipative dynamics. Future gravitational wave observatories such as BBO, Ultimate DECIGO, $μ$Ares, resonant cavities, and Pulsar Timing Array experiments, will play a important role in testing these theoretical predictions.
title Probing Warm Inflation via Correlated Gravitational Waves from First Order Phase Transitions
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23279