Bubble dynamics in a QCD-like phase diagram

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العنوان: Bubble dynamics in a QCD-like phase diagram
المؤلفون: Bea, Yago, Giliberti, Mauro, Mateos, David, Sanchez-Garitaonandia, Mikel, Serantes, Alexandre, Zilhão, Miguel
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
مصطلحات موضوعية: High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
الوصف: A line of first-order phase transitions is conjectured in the phase diagram of Quantum Chromodynamics at non-zero baryon density. If this is the case, numerical simulations of neutron star mergers suggest that various regions of the stars may cross this line multiple times. This results in the nucleation of bubbles of the preferred phase, which subsequently expand and collide. The resulting gravitational wave spectrum is highly sensitively to the velocity of the bubble walls. We use holography to perform the first microscopic simulation of bubble dynamics in a theory that qualitatively mirrors the expected phase diagram of Quantum Chromodynamics. We determine the wall velocity in the metastable regions and we compare it to theoretical estimates. We discuss implications for gravitational wave production.
Comment: 31 pages, 21 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09588
رقم الانضمام: edsarx.2412.09588
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv