Leonardo Leitao

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Research area: Cosmology and gravity

• Cosmology
• Relativistic Hydrodynamics
• Gravitational Waves

Interests

Physics in general

Selected publications

Gravitational waves from a very strong electroweak phase transition
Leonardo Leitao, Ariel Megevand
Published in JCAP 1605 (2016) no.05, 037
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/05/037
e-Print: arXiv:1512.08962 [astro-ph.CO]

Hydrodynamics of ultra-relativistic bubble walls
Leonardo Leitao, Ariel Megevand
Published in Nucl.Phys. B905 (2016) 45-72
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.02.009
e-Print: arXiv:1510.07747 [astro-ph.CO]

Hydrodynamics of phase transition fronts and the speed of sound in the plasma
Leonardo Leitao, Ariel Megevand
Published in Nucl.Phys. B891 (2015) 159-199
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.12.008
e-Print: arXiv:1410.3875 [hep-ph]

Gravitational waves from the electroweak phase transition
Leonardo Leitao, Ariel Megevand, Alejandro D. Sanchez
Published in JCAP 1210 (2012) 024
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/10/024
e-Print: arXiv:1205.3070 [astro-ph.CO]

Spherical and non-spherical bubbles in cosmological phase transitions
Leonardo Leitao, Ariel Megevand
Published in Nucl.Phys. B844 (2011) 450-470
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.11.012
e-Print: arXiv:1010.2134 [astro-ph.CO]

Entanglement for all quantum states
A.C. de la Torre, D. Goyeneche, L Leitao
Published in Eur.J.Phys. 31 (2010) 325-332
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/31/2/010
e-Print: arXiv:1002.2893 [quant-ph]

Entanglement entropy for a Dirac fermion in three dimensions: Vertex contribution
H. Casini, M. Huerta, L. Leitao
Published in Nucl.Phys. B814 (2009) 594-609
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.02.003
e-Print: arXiv:0811.1968 [hep-th]