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Large fluctuations in the Sky

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2024-10-10 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Renormalization of quantum loop effects generated from large fluctuations is a hugely debatable topic of research these days which rules out the Primordial Black Hole (PBH) formation within the framework of single-field inflation. In this article, we briefly discuss that the correct implementation of regularization, renormalization, and resummation techniques in a setup described by an ultra-slow-roll phase sandwiched between two slow-roll phases in the presence of smooth or sharp transitions can lead to a stringent constraint on the PBH mass (i.e. O(102gm{\cal O}(10^{2}{\rm gm})), which we advertise as a new No-go theorem. Finally, we will give some of the possible way-outs using which one can evade this proposed No-go theorem and produce solar/sub-solar mass PBHs.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2403.07343,
  title  = {Large fluctuations in the Sky},
  author = {Sayantan Choudhury},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.07343},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

15 pages (10 pages material + 5 pages references), Essay written and received honorable mention for the Gravity Research Foundation 2024 Awards for Essays on Gravitation, Comments are welcome, Accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D (for the special issue on Gravity Research Foundation 2024 Awards for Essays on Gravitation)

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