Gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal Majoron models of neutrino mass

Abstract We study supercooled first-order phase transitions above the QCD scale in a wide class of conformal Majoron-like U(1)′ models that explain the totality of active neutrino oscillation data and produce a detectable stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) at LIGO, LISA and ET. We place...

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Main Authors: João Gonçalves, Danny Marfatia, António P. Morais, Roman Pasechnik
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2025)110
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description Abstract We study supercooled first-order phase transitions above the QCD scale in a wide class of conformal Majoron-like U(1)′ models that explain the totality of active neutrino oscillation data and produce a detectable stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) at LIGO, LISA and ET. We place constraints on the U(1)′ breaking scale and gauge coupling using current LIGO-Virgo-Kagra data. We find that strong supercooling can be ruled out in large regions of parameter space if a SGWB is not detected by these experiments. A null signal at LIGO and ET will disfavor a type-I seesaw scale above 1014 GeV, while a positive signal is a signature of heavy right-handed neutrinos. On the other hand, LISA will be sensitive to seesaw scales as low as a TeV, and could detect a SGWB even if the right-handed neutrinos are decoupled.
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spelling doaj-art-e67ade257d644c45b83fe13b18f4ffe12025-08-20T03:04:11ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-02-012025215610.1007/JHEP02(2025)110Gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal Majoron models of neutrino massJoão Gonçalves0Danny Marfatia1António P. Morais2Roman Pasechnik3Departamento de Física da Universidade de Aveiro and Centre for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA)Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at ManoaDepartamento de Física da Universidade de Aveiro and Centre for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA)Department of Physics, Lund UniversityAbstract We study supercooled first-order phase transitions above the QCD scale in a wide class of conformal Majoron-like U(1)′ models that explain the totality of active neutrino oscillation data and produce a detectable stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) at LIGO, LISA and ET. We place constraints on the U(1)′ breaking scale and gauge coupling using current LIGO-Virgo-Kagra data. We find that strong supercooling can be ruled out in large regions of parameter space if a SGWB is not detected by these experiments. A null signal at LIGO and ET will disfavor a type-I seesaw scale above 1014 GeV, while a positive signal is a signature of heavy right-handed neutrinos. On the other hand, LISA will be sensitive to seesaw scales as low as a TeV, and could detect a SGWB even if the right-handed neutrinos are decoupled.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2025)110Phase Transitions in the Early UniverseNew Gauge InteractionsEarly Universe Particle PhysicsSterile or Heavy Neutrinos
spellingShingle João Gonçalves
Danny Marfatia
António P. Morais
Roman Pasechnik
Gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal Majoron models of neutrino mass
Journal of High Energy Physics
Phase Transitions in the Early Universe
New Gauge Interactions
Early Universe Particle Physics
Sterile or Heavy Neutrinos
title Gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal Majoron models of neutrino mass
title_full Gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal Majoron models of neutrino mass
title_fullStr Gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal Majoron models of neutrino mass
title_full_unstemmed Gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal Majoron models of neutrino mass
title_short Gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal Majoron models of neutrino mass
title_sort gravitational waves from supercooled phase transitions in conformal majoron models of neutrino mass
topic Phase Transitions in the Early Universe
New Gauge Interactions
Early Universe Particle Physics
Sterile or Heavy Neutrinos
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2025)110
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