PTtools

Inputs

$v_w$ Wall speed
$\alpha_n$ Transition strength
$T_*$ Temperature at GW formation
$g_*$ Degrees of freedom at GW formation
$r_*$ Hubble-scaled mean bubble spacing
or or
$\frac{\beta}{H_*}$ Nucleation rate parameter
$c_s(T,\phi)$ Speed of sound, e.g. bag $c_s=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
or or
$p(T,\phi)$ Equation of state

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Sound Shell Model

  • 1-bubble hydrodynamics:
    fluid shell profile
  • n-bubble averaging:
    spectral density of velocity field
  • GWs from sound waves
  • Correction factors
  • Redshift $(z \rightarrow f_0)$
  • SNR comparison with LISA noise
Relativistic combustion

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Outputs

Spectra
  • GW spectra
  • SNR with respect to LISA noise