Probing the Scale of New Physics by Advanced LIGO/VIRGO
  We show that if the new physics beyond the Standard Model is associated with a first-order phase transition around $10^7-10^8$ GeV, the energy density stored in the resulting stochastic gravitational waves and the corresponding peak frequency are within the projected final sensitivity of the advanced LIGO/VIRGO detectors. We discuss some possible new physics scenarios that could arise at such energies, and in particular, the consequences for Peccei-Quinn and supersymmetry breaking scales. 
P. S. Bhupal Dev, A. Mazumdar
hep-ph astro-ph.CO gr-qc