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arXiv:0807.4554 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 29 Jul 2008 (v1), last revised 14 Oct 2008 (this version, v2)]

Title:Gravitational waves from fragmentation of a primordial scalar condensate into Q-balls

Authors:Alexander Kusenko, Anupam Mazumdar
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Abstract: A generic consequence of supersymmetry is formation of a scalar condensate along the flat directions of the potential at the end of cosmological inflation. This condensate is usually unstable, and it can fragment into non-topological solitons, Q-balls. The gravitational waves produced by the fragmentation can be detected by Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), and Big Bang Observer (BBO), which can offer an important window on the early universe and the physics at some very high energy scales.
Comments: 4 pages
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
Report number: UCLA/08/TEP/25
Cite as: arXiv:0807.4554 [astro-ph]
  (or arXiv:0807.4554v2 [astro-ph] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.0807.4554
Journal reference: Phys.Rev.Lett.101:211301,2008
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.211301

Submission history

From: Alexander Kusenko [view email]
[v1] Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:01:03 UTC (9 KB)
[v2] Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:34:31 UTC (11 KB)
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