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Scalar condensates with large expectation values can form in the early universe, for example, in theories with supersymmetry. The condensate can undergo fragmentation into Q-balls before decaying. If the Q-balls dominate the energy density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Eric Cotner , Alexander Kusenko

We provide a pedagogical introduction to non-particle dark matter, focused on primordial black holes (PBHs), black holes that may form in the early Universe from large overdensities. First, we outline the key properties of PBHs and how they…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-18 Anne M. Green

Primordial Black Hole Remnants(PBHRs) can be considered as a primary source of cold dark matter. Hybrid inflation provides a possible framework for production of primordial black holes(PBHs) and these PBHs evaporate subsequently to produce…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-23 Kourosh Nozari

In this study, we investigate the formation of primordial black holes (PBHs) in a scalar field inflationary model coupled to the Gauss-Bonnet (GB) term with fractional power-law potentials. The coupling function enhances the curvature…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-16 Ali Ashrafzadeh , Kayoomars Karami

Here, we explore the formation of primordial black holes (PBHs) within a scalar field inflationary model coupled to the Gauss-Bonnet (GB) term, incorporating the low-scale spontaneously broken supersymmetric (SB SUSY) potential. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-07 A. Ashrafzadeh , M. Solbi , S. Heydari , K. Karami

Primordial black holes (PBHs) could account for all or part of dark matter, as well as for some LIGO events. We discuss the spins of primordial black holes produced in different cosmological scenarios, with the emphasis on recently…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-06 Marcos M. Flores , Alexander Kusenko

We study the generation of primordial black holes (PBH) in a single field inflection point model of inflation wherein the effective potential is expanded up to the sextic order and the inversion symmetry is imposed such that only even…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-20 Nilanjandev Bhaumik , Rajeev Kumar Jain

The Reheating process at the end of inflation is often modeled by an oscillating scalar field which shows a background dust-like behaviour, prompting the analysis of gravitational collapse and black hole formation in this era to be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 Luis E. Padilla , Juan Carlos Hidalgo , Karim A. Malik

For primordial black holes (PBHs) to form a considerable fraction of cold dark matter, the required amplitude of primordial scalar perturbations is quite large ($P_{\zeta}(k) \sim 10^{-2}$) if PBH is formed in radiation epoch. In alternate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Sukannya Bhattacharya , Subhendra Mohanty , Priyank Parashari

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) serve as a unique probe to the physics of the early Universe, particularly inflation. In light of this, we study the formation of PBHs by the collapse of overdense perturbations generated during a model of warm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-17 Richa Arya

We calculate the constraints on the primordial curvature perturbation at the end of inflation from the present day abundance of Primordial Black Holes (PBHs), as a function of the reheat temperature T_{\rm RH}. We first extend recent work…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ignacio Zaballa , Anne M. Green , Karim A. Malik , Misao Sasaki

This study investigates the formation of type II primordial black holes (PBHs) resulting from extremely large amplitudes of initial fluctuations in a radiation-dominated universe. We find that, for a sufficiently large initial amplitude,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-26 Koichiro Uehara , Albert Escrivà , Tomohiro Harada , Daiki Saito , Chul-Moon Yoo

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) might have formed in the early Universe as a consequence of the collapse of density fluctuations with an amplitude above a critical value $\delta_{c}$: the formation threshold. Although for a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-12 J. L. G. Sobrinho , P. Augusto , A. L. Gonçalves

Formation of significant number of primordial black holes (PBHs) is realized if and only if primordial density fluctuations have a large amplitude, which means that tensor perturbations generated from these scalar perturbations as a second…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-06 Ryo Saito , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

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

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are supposed to form from the collapse of over-densed regions generated by large scalar curvature perturbations in the radiation dominated era. Despite decades of various independent observations, the nature of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-31 Chen Yuan , Qing-Guo Huang

In this paper, we investigate the critical collapse leading to primordial black hole (PBH) formation in a universe dominated by a self-interacting scalar field with a quartic potential, comparing it to the well-known radiation-dominated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-15 Luis E. Padilla , Ethan Milligan , David J. Mulryne , Juan Carlos Hidalgo

We investigate primordial black holes (PBHs) formed from extremely large amplitudes of primordial curvature fluctuations, classified as type II. Type II fluctuations differ from type I by the presence of a stationary point on the initial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-10 Koichiro Uehara , Albert Escrivà , Tomohiro Harada , Daiki Saito , Chul-Moon Yoo

We study the formation of primordial black holes (PBHs) from the collapse of density perturbations induced by primordial gravitational waves (PGWs). The PGWs' interpretation of the stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) detected by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-14 Utkarsh Kumar

We investigate the production of primordial black holes (PBHs) in a mixed inflaton-curvaton scenario with a quadratic curvaton potential, assuming the curvaton is in de Sitter equilibrium during inflation with $\langle \chi\rangle =0$. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-08 Andrew D. Gow , Tays Miranda , Sami Nurmi