Speaker
Katarina Bleau
Description
During a neutron star's formation in a supernova, its core may undergo a phase transition into deconfined quark matter. The phase transition would likely be first-order, proceeding by bubble nucleation. We show that such a phase transition would be accompanied by the emission of high-frequency gravitational waves (MHz band), which could be within reach of proposed gravitational wave detectors. Therefore, these detectors provide a unique opportunity for testing quantum chromodynamics in a high pressure and density regime that is otherwise theoretically and experimentally inaccessible.
Primary authors
Jiheon Lee
(KAIST)
Joachim Kopp
(CERN and JGU Mainz)
Jorinde van de Vis
(T (Cosmology))
Katarina Bleau
