Probing phase transitions in the early universe with gravitational waves
Mark Hindmarsh (Univ. Helsinki; Finland)

Gravitational waves will be an important probe of physics beyond the Standard Model, as they would be produced at possible first order phase transitions in the early universe. I will discuss the characteristic spectrum of gravitational radiation from phase transitions, how it is connected to underlying physics, and prospects for probing physics beyond the Standard Model at the future space-based gravitational wave detector LISA.