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Tachyonic gravitational dark matter production after inflation
Giorgio Laverda, Tomás Mendes, Javier Rubio
We propose a novel gravitational mechanism for the non-thermal production of dark matter driven by curvature-induced tachyonic instabilities after inflation. Departing from the com…
Hubble-induced phase transitions in the Standard Model and beyond
Javier Rubio, Giorgio Laverda
We review the dynamics of spectator scalar fields non-minimally coupled to gravity in the post-inflationary Universe, with particular emphasis on scenarios where the end of inflati…
The CosmoVerse White Paper: Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with systematics and fundamental physics
Eleonora Di Valentino, Jackson Levi Said, Adam Riess +533
The standard model of cosmology has provided a good phenomenological description of a wide range of observations both at astrophysical and cosmological scales for several decades.…
Higgs-Induced Gravitational Waves: the Interplay of Non-Minimal Couplings, Kination and Top Quark Mass
Giorgio Laverda, Javier Rubio
We explore a minimal scenario where the sole Standard-Model Higgs is responsible for reheating the Universe after inflation, produces a significant background of gravitational wave…
Hubble-Induced Phase Transitions: Gravitational-Wave Imprint of Ricci Reheating from Lattice Simulations
Dario Bettoni, Giorgio Laverda, Asier Lopez-Eiguren +1
Gravitational waves offer an unprecedented opportunity to look into the violent high-energy processes happening during the reheating phase of our Universe. We consider a Hubble-ind…
Phasing out of Darkness: From Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter to Neutrino Masses via Time-Dependent Mixing
Florian Goertz, Maya Hager, Giorgio Laverda +1
Sterile neutrinos are a compelling candidate for generating neutrino masses and for elucidating the nature of dark matter. Astrophysical X-ray constraints on sterile neutrino dark…
The Rise and Fall of the Standard-Model Higgs: Electroweak Vacuum Stability during Kination
Giorgio Laverda, Javier Rubio
In this paper we investigate the vacuum stability of the non-minimally coupled Standard-Model Higgs during a phase of kinetic domination following the end of inflation. The non-min…
From Hubble to Bubble
Maciej Kierkla, Giorgio Laverda, Marek Lewicki +4
The detection of a stochastic Gravitational Wave (GW) background sourced by a cosmological phase transition would allow us to see the early Universe from a completely new perspecti…
Ricci Reheating Reloaded
Giorgio Laverda, Javier Rubio
A Hubble-induced phase transition is a natural spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism allowing for explosive particle production in non-oscillatory models of inflation involving n…