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Limits on Primordial Black Holes from M87

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2022-03-14 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Primordial black holes in the solar mass range are a possibly significant component of dark matter. We show how an argument relating the deflection of light by such black holes in the density spike likely to exist around the M87 supermassive black hole, combined with the high resolution observations of the EHT collaboration, can lead to a strong limits on the primordial black hole mass fraction in an astrophysically relevant mass range. The results depend on the model assumed for the dark matter spike and suggest the interest of further understanding of such spikes as well as further high resolution observations on supermassive black holes.

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@article{arxiv.2201.03591,
  title  = {Limits on Primordial Black Holes from M87},
  author = {J. Silk and L. Stodolsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.03591},
  year   = {2022}
}

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nine pages, one figure, one table

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