Globular Cluster Seeding by Primordial Black Hole Population
Abstract
Primordial black holes (PBHs) that form in the early Universe in the modified Affleck-Dine (AD) mechanism of baryogenesis should have intrinsic log-normal mass distribution of PBHs. We show that the parameters of this distribution adjusted to provide the required spatial density of massive seeds () for early galaxy formation and not violating the dark matter density constraints, predict the existence of the population of intermediate-mass PBHs with a number density of ~Mpc. We argue that the population of intermediate-mass AD PBHs can also seed the formation of globular clusters in galaxies. In this scenario, each globular cluster should host an intermediate-mass black hole with a mass of a few thousand solar masses, and should not obligatorily be immersed in a massive dark matter halo.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1702.07621,
title = {Globular Cluster Seeding by Primordial Black Hole Population},
author = {A. Dolgov and K. Postnov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.07621},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 figures, revised version submitted to JCAP after referee's notes