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most citedPhase Transitions in an Expanding Universe: Stochastic Gravitational Waves in Standard and Non-Standard Histories

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hep-ph2025★ 1 cited

Bayesian analysis of the complex singlet model with phase transition gravitational waves

Qingyuan Liang, Ligong Bian, Huai-Ke Guo +1

We explore the prospects of probing the complex singlet extension of the Standard Model (CxSM) with gravitational waves from the electroweak phase transition. The study establishes…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 52 cited

Did we hear the sound of the Universe boiling? Analysis using the full fluid velocity profiles and NANOGrav 15-year data

Tathagata Ghosh, Anish Ghoshal, Huai-Ke Guo +5

In this paper, we analyse sound waves arising from a cosmic phase transition where the full velocity profile is taken into account as an explanation for the gravitational wave spec…

hep-ph2022★ 29 cited

Probing Early Universe Supercooled Phase Transitions with Gravitational Wave Data

Charles Badger, Bartosz Fornal, Katarina Martinovic +8

We investigate the reach of the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA detectors in the search for signatures of first-order phase transitions in the early Universe. Utilising data from the first three…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 5 cited

Searching for Mini Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals with Gravitational-Wave Detectors

Huai-Ke Guo, Andrew Miller

A compact object with a mass , such as a black hole of stellar or primordial origin or a neutron star, and a much lighter exotic compact object…

gr-qc2022★ 101 cited

Detection of Early-Universe Gravitational Wave Signatures and Fundamental Physics

Robert Caldwell, Yanou Cui, Huai-Ke Guo +34

Detection of a gravitational-wave signal of non-astrophysical origin would be a landmark discovery, potentially providing a significant clue to some of our most basic, big-picture…

hep-ph2021★ 1 cited

First Order Color Symmetry Breaking and Restoration Triggered by Electroweak Symmetry Non-restoration

Wei Chao, Huai-Ke Guo, Xiu-Fei Li

In this paper we propose a new approach for the spontaneous breaking and restoration of the color symmetry in the framework of electroweak symmetry non-restoration (EWSNR…

hep-ph2021★ 45 cited

The Benefits of Diligence: How Precise are Predicted Gravitational Wave Spectra in Models with Phase Transitions?

Huai-Ke Guo, Kuver Sinha, Daniel Vagie +1

Models of particle physics that feature phase transitions typically provide predictions for stochastic gravitational wave signals at future detectors and such predictions are used…

hep-ph2021★ 27 cited

Axions: From Magnetars and Neutron Star Mergers to Beam Dumps and BECs

Jean-François Fortin, Huai-Ke Guo, Steven P. Harris +3

We review topics in searches for axion-like-particles (ALPs), covering material that is complementary to other recent reviews. The first half of our review covers ALPs in the extre…

hep-ph2021★ 68 cited

Implications for First-Order Cosmological Phase Transitions from the Third LIGO-Virgo Observing Run

Alba Romero, Katarina Martinovic, Thomas A. Callister +5

We place constraints on the normalized energy density in gravitational waves from first-order strong phase transitions using data from Advanced LIGO and Virgo's first, second and t…

hep-ph2021★ 35 cited

Magnetars and Axion-like Particles: Probes with the Hard X-ray Spectrum

Jean-François Fortin, Huai-Ke Guo, Steven P. Harris +2

Quiescent hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray emission from neutron stars constitute a promising frontier to explore axion-like-particles (ALPs). ALP production in the core peaks at ener…

hep-ph2020★ 40 cited

Electroweak Phase Transition with an SU(2) Dark Sector

Tathagata Ghosh, Huai-Ke Guo, Tao Han +1

We consider a non-Abelian dark SU(2) model where the dark sector couples to the Standard Model (SM) through a Higgs portal. We investigate two different scenarios of the…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 23 cited

Two-Scalar Bose-Einstein Condensates: From Stars to Galaxies

Huai-Ke Guo, Kuver Sinha, Chen Sun +2

We study the properties of Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) systems consisting of two scalars, focusing on both the case where the BEC is stellar scale as well as the case when it is…

hep-ph2020★ 27 cited

Di-Higgs Blind Spots in Gravitational Wave Signals

Alexandre Alves, Dorival Gonçalves, Tathagata Ghosh +2

Conditions for strong first-order phase transition and generation of observable gravitational wave (GW) signals are very restrictive to the profile of the Higgs potential. Working…

hep-ph2020★ 155 cited

Phase Transitions in an Expanding Universe: Stochastic Gravitational Waves in Standard and Non-Standard Histories

Huai-Ke Guo, Kuver Sinha, Daniel Vagie +1

We undertake a careful analysis of stochastic gravitational wave production from cosmological phase transitions in an expanding universe, studying both a standard radiation as well…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 13 cited

Axion Constraints from Quiescent Soft Gamma-ray Emission from Magnetars

Sheridan J. Lloyd, Paula M. Chadwick, Anthony M. Brown +2

Axion-like-particles (ALPs) emitted from the core of a magnetar can convert to photons in its magnetosphere. The resulting photon flux is sensitive to the product of the ALP-…

hep-ph2019★ 31 cited

Probing the Electroweak Sphaleron with Gravitational Waves

Ruiyu Zhou, Ligong Bian, Huai-Ke Guo

We present the relation between the sphaleron energy and the gravitational wave signals from a first order electroweak phase transition. The crucial ingredient is the scaling law b…

hep-ph2019★ 51 cited

Di-Higgs Production in the Channel and Gravitational Wave Complementarity

Alexandre Alves, Dorival Gonçalves, Tathagata Ghosh +2

We present a complementarity study of gravitational waves and double Higgs production in the channel, exploring the gauge singlet scalar extension of the SM. This new physics…

hep-ph2019★ 27 cited

Gravitational waves triggered by charged hidden scalar and leptogenesis

Ligong Bian, Wei Cheng, Huai-Ke Guo +1

We study the electroweak symmetry breaking in the framework of a classically conformal theory, where three right-handed neutrinos (RHNs) and a hidden scalar are introd…

hep-ph2019★ 36 cited

Gravitational wave and Collider searches for the EWSB patterns

Ligong Bian, Huai-Ke Guo, Yongcheng Wu +1

We study the Electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism with extra Electroweak symmetry breaking contributions (eEWSB) that are bounded by the Fermi constant and limits from the relat…

hep-ph2019★ 67 cited

Searching for Dark Photon Dark Matter in LIGO O1 Data

Huai-Ke Guo, Keith Riles, Feng-Wei Yang +1

Dark matter exists in our Universe, but its nature remains mysterious. The remarkable sensitivity of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) may be able to s…

hep-ph2019★ 25 cited

Probing Boson Stars with Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals

Huai-Ke Guo, Kuver Sinha, Chen Sun

We propose to use gravitational waves from extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRI), composed of a boson star and a supermassive black hole in the center of galaxies, as a new method to…

hep-ph2019★ 15 cited

Detecting dark photon dark matter with Gaia-like astrometry observations

Huai-Ke Guo, Yingqi Ma, Jing Shu +3

A class of dark photon dark matter models with ultralight masses would lead to oscillation of a test body through a coupling with baryons or charge. This periodical oscillati…

hep-ph2018★ 136 cited

Collider and Gravitational Wave Complementarity in Exploring the Singlet Extension of the Standard Model

Alexandre Alves, Tathagata Ghosh, Huai-Ke Guo +2

We present a dedicated complementarity study of gravitational wave and collider measurements of the simplest extension of the Higgs sector: the singlet scalar augmented Standard Mo…

hep-ph2018★ 64 cited

Resonant Di-Higgs Production at Gravitational Wave Benchmarks: A Collider Study using Machine Learning

Alexandre Alves, Tathagata Ghosh, Huai-Ke Guo +1

We perform a complementarity study of gravitational waves and colliders in the context of electroweak phase transitions choosing as our template the xSM model, which consists of th…