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Revisiting the envelope approximation: Gravitational waves from bubble collisions

David J. Weir*

  • Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Stavanger, 4036 Stavanger, Norway

  • *david.weir@uis.no
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Phys. Rev. D 93, 124037 – Published 15 June, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.124037

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We study the envelope approximation and its applicability to first-order phase transitions in the early Universe. We demonstrate that the power laws seen in previous studies exist independently of the nucleation rate. We also compare the envelope approximation prediction to results from large-scale phase transition simulations. For phase transitions where the contribution to gravitational waves from scalar fields dominates over that from the coupled plasma of light particles, the envelope approximation is in agreement, giving a power spectrum of the same form and order of magnitude. In all other cases the form and amplitude of the gravitational wave power spectrum is markedly different and new techniques are required.

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Phys. Rev. D 93, 124037– Published 15 June, 2016
  • Received 15 May 2016

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