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We reinvestigate gravitational ellipsoidal collapse with special focus on its impact on primordial black-hole formation. For a generic model we demonstrate that the abundance and energy density of the produced primordial black holes will be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Florian Kuhnel , Marit Sandstad

Primordial black holes (PBHs) may have formed in the early Universe and may account for all or part of the dark matter. In this review, we summarize the current observational constraints on PBHs across the full mass range, highlight…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-02 Bernard Carr , Antonio J. Iovino , Gabriele Perna , Ville Vaskonen , Hardi Veermäe

Recent astronomical data on Black hole observations are reviewed. The arguments in favor that the observed black holes are predominantly primordial (PBH) are presented. The mass spectrum of PBH is best fit to the log-normal one. A model of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 A. D. Dolgov

Small primordial black holes could be captured by rocky planets or asteroids, consume their liquid cores from inside and leave hollow structures. We calculate the surface density and surface tension of a hollow structure around a black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-17 De-Chang Dai , Dejan Stojkovic

Recent developments in the study of primordial black holes (PBHs) will be reviewed, with particular emphasis on their formation and evaporation. PBHs could provide a unique probe of the early Universe, gravitational collapse, high energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 B. J. Carr

Small black holes should have formed in the early Universe if the density contrast was high enough. This article aims at giving a - biased and partial - short overview of the latest breakthroughs in this field. It first deals with tentative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Boudoul , A. Barrau

We show that heavy primordial black holes may originate from much lighter ones if the latter are strongly clustered at the time of their formation. While this population is subject to the usual constraints from late-time universe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-10 Valerio De Luca , Gabriele Franciolini , Antonio Riotto

We study how the constraints on the primordial black hole density arising from the extragalactic photon background are modified in the scenario that there exist extra large spatial dimensions. We find that though the overall magnitude of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 George Johnson

The local primordial density fluctuations caused by quantum vacuum fluctuations during inflation grow into stars and galaxies in the late universe and, if they are large enough, also produce primordial black holes. We study the formation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-22 Neven Bilić , Dragoljub D. Dimitrijević , Goran S. Djordjevic , Milan Milošević , Marko Stojanović

We consider the possibility that the majority of dark matter in our Universe consists of black holes of primordial origin. We determine the conditions under which such black holes may have originated from a single-field model of inflation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 Guillermo Ballesteros , Julián Rey , Marco Taoso , Alfredo Urbano

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are, typically light, black holes which can form in the early Universe. There are a number of formation mechanisms, including the collapse of large density perturbations, cosmic string loops and bubble…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-07 Anne M. Green

The hypothesis of existence of primordial black holes with large masses (\geq 10^6 M\odot), formed at the earliest stages of the Universe evolution, is considered in the paper. The possibility does not contradict some theories, see e.g.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-17 V. K. Dubrovich , S. I. Glazyrin

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are appealing candidates for dark matter in the universe but are severely constrained by theoretical and observational constraints. We will focus on the Hawking evaporation limits extended to Kerr black holes.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-01 Alexandre Arbey , Jérémy Auffinger , Joseph Silk

If primordial black holes constitute the dark matter, stars forming in dark-matter dominated environments with low velocity dispersions, such as ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, may capture a black hole at birth. The capture probability is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-27 Nicolas Esser , Sven De Rijcke , Peter Tinyakov

A recent understanding on how quantum effects may affect black-hole evolution opens new scenarios for dark matter, in connection with the presence of black holes in the very early universe. Quantum fluctuations of the geometry allow for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-27 Francesca Vidotto

In this proceedings, we study the possible gravitational impact of primordial black holes (PBHs) or dark matter (DM) clumps on GNSS satellite orbits and gravimeter measurements. It provides a preliminary step to the future exhaustive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-25 Bruno Bertrand , Michal Cuadrat-Grzybowski , Pascale Defraigne , Michel Van Camp , Sébastien Clesse

The origin of observed extremely high energy cosmic rays remains an astrophysical enigma. We show that a single evaporating primordial black hole should produce 8.5*10^14 particles over a 10^20 eV threshold. This emission results from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Aurelien Barrau

The Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are gradually involved into consideration as the phenomenon having reliable basis. We discuss here the possibility of their agglomeration into clusters that may have several prominent observable features.…

We consider the constraints on the fraction of dark matter in the universe in the form of primordial black holes taking into account the crucial role of accretion which may change both their mass and mass function. We show that accretion…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-19 V. De Luca , G. Franciolini , P. Pani , A. Riotto

Primordial black holes may form in the early Universe, for example from the collapse of large amplitude density perturbations predicted in some inflationary models. Light black holes undergo Hawking evaporation, the energy injection from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Andrew R Liddle , Anne M Green