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Primordial black hole formation in the matter-dominated phase of the Universe

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2018-01-25 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We investigate primordial black hole formation in the matter-dominated phase of the Universe, where nonspherical effects in gravitational collapse play a crucial role. This is in contrast to the black hole formation in a radiation-dominated era. We apply the Zel'dovich approximation, Thorne's hoop conjecture, and Doroshkevich's probability distribution and subsequently derive the production probability β0\beta_{0} of primordial black holes. The numerical result obtained is applicable even if the density fluctuation σ\sigma at horizon entry is of the order of unity. For σ1\sigma\ll 1, we find a semi-analytic formula β00.05556σ5\beta_{0}\simeq 0.05556 \sigma^{5}, which is comparable with the Khlopov-Polnarev formula. We find that the production probability in the matter-dominated era is much larger than that in the radiation-dominated era for σ0.05\sigma\lesssim 0.05, while they are comparable with each other for σ0.05\sigma\gtrsim 0.05. We also discuss how σ\sigma can be written in terms of primordial curvature perturbations.

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@article{arxiv.1609.01588,
  title  = {Primordial black hole formation in the matter-dominated phase of the Universe},
  author = {Tomohiro Harada and Chul-Moon Yoo and Kazunori Kohri and Ken-ichi Nakao and Sanjay Jhingan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01588},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

12 pages, 1 figure, minor correction, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal