Ponente
Dr.
Verónica Sanz
Descripción
We show how current LIGO data is able to probe interesting theories beyond the StandardModel, particularly Dark Sectors where a Dark Higgs triggers symmetry breaking via a first-order phase transition. We use publicly available LIGO O2 data to illustrate how these sectors, even if disconnected from the Standard Model, can be probed by Gravitational Wave detectors. We link the LIGO measurements with the model content and mass scale of the Dark Sector, finding that current O2 data is testing a broad set of scenarios where the breaking of SU(N) theories with Nf fermions is triggered by a Dark Higgs at scales at 10^8-10^9 GeV with reasonable parameters for the scalar potential.
