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GW Backgrounds associated with PBHs

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-02-28 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

PBH formation requires high-density regions in the (random) density field filling the primordial universe. While only the largest (and so rarest) overdensities collapse to form PBHs, the rest cause large anisotropic stresses, which are the source of GWs. We provide an overview of the theoretical aspects of the GW backgrounds associated with PBHs from large primordial fluctuations. We consider GW backgrounds associated with PBH formation, PBH reheating and unresolved PBH binaries. We present several graphical summaries and illustrations for the busy reader.

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@article{arxiv.2402.17388,
  title  = {GW Backgrounds associated with PBHs},
  author = {Guillem Domènech},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17388},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

To appear [with updates] in the book "Primordial Black Holes", ed. Chris Byrnes, Gabriele Franciolini, Tomohiro Harada, Paolo Pani, Misao Sasaki; Springer (2024). I tried to show the generation of induced GWs with new illustrations, two of them in real space. So, any comments are welcome, especially about the illustrations

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