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Constraining Primordial Black Hole Formation from Single-Field Inflation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-05-30 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

The most widely studied formation mechanism of a primordial black hole is collapse of large-amplitude perturbation on small scales generated in single-field inflation. In this Letter, we calculate one-loop correction to the large-scale power spectrum in a model with sharp transition of the second slow-roll parameter. We find that models producing an appreciable amount of primordial black holes induce nonperturbative coupling on a large scale probed by cosmic microwave background radiation. Our result implies that a small-scale power spectrum can be constrained by large-scale cosmological observations.

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@article{arxiv.2211.03395,
  title  = {Constraining Primordial Black Hole Formation from Single-Field Inflation},
  author = {Jason Kristiano and Jun'ichi Yokoyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.03395},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Accepted Physical Review Letters

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