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Bubble Wall Velocity at the Electroweak Phase Transition

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We calculate the velocity and thickness of a bubble wall at the electroweak phase transition in the Minimal Standard Model. We model the wall with semiclassical equations of motion and show that friction arises from the deviation of massive particle populations from thermal equilibrium. We treat these with Boltzmann equations in a fluid approximation in the background of the wall. Our analysis improves on the previous work by using the two loop effective potential, accounting for particle transport, and determining the wall thickness dynamically. We find that the wall is significantly thicker than at phase equilibrium, and that the velocity is fairly high, $v_w \simeq 0.7c$, and quite weakly dependent on the Higgs mass.

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Dynamical evolution of the pressure on the bubble wall

hep-ph · 2026-06-29 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Dynamical LTE simulations reveal that heating wave formation often outlasts wall acceleration, yielding a revised maximal driving pressure criterion that weakens hydrodynamic obstruction compared to steady-state models.

Hydrodynamics of Filtered Dark Matter: A Two-Component Approach

hep-ph · 2026-04-19 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Filtered Dark Matter hydrodynamics during first-order phase transitions is modeled as a two-component fluid, yielding detonation-like and deflagration-like solutions in ballistic and local thermal equilibrium regimes that change relic abundance predictions.

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  • Dynamical evolution of the pressure on the bubble wall hep-ph · 2026-06-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 60 · internal anchor

    Dynamical LTE simulations reveal that heating wave formation often outlasts wall acceleration, yielding a revised maximal driving pressure criterion that weakens hydrodynamic obstruction compared to steady-state models.

  • Hydrodynamics of Filtered Dark Matter: A Two-Component Approach hep-ph · 2026-04-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 50

    Filtered Dark Matter hydrodynamics during first-order phase transitions is modeled as a two-component fluid, yielding detonation-like and deflagration-like solutions in ballistic and local thermal equilibrium regimes that change relic abundance predictions.

  • A simple solution to the monopole problem: SU(5) GUT with symmetry breaking into special subgroup hep-ph · 2026-06-11 · unverdicted · none · ref 64 · internal anchor

    An SU(5) GUT model uses an intermediate breaking to SO(3)_C × SO(2)_L realized by adjoint, symmetric tensor, and singlet scalars plus singlet fermions so that monopoles annihilate via cosmic strings, with possible first-order restoration producing detectable GWs.

  • Detecting gravitational waves from cosmological phase transitions with LISA: an update astro-ph.CO · 2019-10-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 22 · internal anchor

    Updated LISA detection prospects for gravitational waves from phase transitions are derived from state-of-the-art sound-wave simulations, with a new web tool PTPlot provided for parameter scans.