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Report number	arXiv:2111.07178
Title	Higgs Induced Triboluminescence in Binary Black Hole Mergers
Author(s)	Chitishvili, Mariam (Javakhishvili State U.) ; Gogberashvili, Merab (Javakhishvili State U. ; Tbilisi, Inst. Phys.) ; Konoplich, Rostislav (Manhattan Coll., Riverdale) ; Sakharov, Alexander S. (Manhattan Coll., Riverdale ; CERN)
Publication	2023-06-22
Imprint	2021-11-13
Number of pages	43
Note	43 pages, 4 figures, version accepted for publication in Universe
In:	Universe 9 (2023) pp.301
DOI	10.3390/universe9070301 (publication)
Subject category	hep-th ; Particle Physics - Theory ; hep-ph ; Particle Physics - Phenomenology ; astro-ph.HE ; Astrophysics and Astronomy
Abstract	We conjecture that the Higgs potential can be significantly modified when it is in close proximity to the horizon of an astrophysical black hole, leading to the destabilization of the electroweak vacuum. In this situation, the black hole should be encompassed by a shell consisting of a "bowling substance" of the nucleating new phase bubbles. In a binary black hole merger, just before the coalescence, the nucleated bubbles can be prevented from falling under their seeding horizons, as they are simultaneously attracted by the gravitational potential of the companion. For a short time, the unstable vacuum will be "sandwiched" between two horizons of the binary black hole, and therefore the bubbles may collide and form micro-black holes, which will be rapidly evaporated by thermal emission of Hawking radiation of all Standard Model spices. This evaporation, being triggered by a gravitational wave signal from the binary black hole merger, can manifest itself in observations of gamma rays and very high energy neutrinos, which makes it a perfect physics case for multi-messenger astronomical observations.
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