English

Constraining burdened PBHs with gravitational waves

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-10-02 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We investigate the implications of memory burden on the gravitational wave (GW) spectrum arising from the Hawking evaporation of light primordial black holes (PBHs). By considering both rotating (Kerr) and non-rotating (Schwarzschild) PBHs, we demonstrate that the overproduction of primordial GWs from burdened PBHs could impose stringent constraints on the parameters governing backreaction effects. These constraints, derived from ΔNeff\Delta N_{\rm eff} measurements by Planck and prospective experiments such as CMB-S4 and CMB-HD, offer novel insights into the impact of memory burden on PBH dynamics.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2409.05953,
  title  = {Constraining burdened PBHs with gravitational waves},
  author = {Basabendu Barman and Kousik Loho and Óscar Zapata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.05953},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

20 pages, 6 figures, version accepted for JCAP

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