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Quantum Formation of Primordial Black holes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-09-04 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We provide a (simplified) quantum description of primordial black holes at the time of their formation. Specifically, we employ the horizon quantum mechanics to compute the probability of black hole formation starting from a simple quantum mechanical characterization of primordial density fluctuations given by a Planckian spectrum. We then estimate the initial number of primordial black holes in the early universe as a function of their typical mass and temperature of the fluctuation.

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@article{arxiv.1810.05185,
  title  = {Quantum Formation of Primordial Black holes},
  author = {R. Casadio and A. Giugno and A. Giusti and M. Lenzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.05185},
  year   = {2019}
}

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RevTeX, 5 pages, 2 figures