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Black Hole Remnants and Dark Matter

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We argue that, when the gravity effect is included, the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) may prevent black holes from total evaporation in a similar way that the standard uncertainty principle prevents the hydrogen atom from total collapse. Specifically we invoke the GUP to obtain a modified Hawking temperature, which indicates that there should exist non-radiating remnants (BHR) of about Planck mass. BHRs are an attractive candidate for cold dark matter. We investigate an alternative cosmology in which primordial BHRs are the primary source of dark matter.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0205106,
  title  = {Black Hole Remnants and Dark Matter},
  author = {Pisin Chen and Ronald J. Adler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0205106},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages; to appear in the Proceedings of the 5th UCLA Dark Matter Symposium, Marina del Rey, Ca, Feb. 20-22, 2002