Detecting the relic gravitational wave from the electroweak phase transition at SKA

Understand

We discuss possibilities to observe stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds produced by the electroweak phase transition in the early universe.

• Once the first-order phase transition occurs, which is still predicted in a lot of theories beyond the standard model, collisions of nucleated vacuum bubbles and induced turbulent motions can become significant sources of the gravitational waves.
• Detections of such gravitational wave backgrounds are expected to reveal the Higgs sector physics.
• In particular, through pulsar timing experiments planned in Square Kilometre Array (SKA) under construction, we will be able to detect the gravitational wave in near future and distinguish particle physics models by comparing the theoretical predictions to the observations.