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The advent of gravitational wave astronomy has rekindled interest in primordial black holes (PBH) as a dark matter candidate. As there are many different observational probes of the PBH density across different masses, constraints on PBH…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-05 Benjamin V. Lehmann , Stefano Profumo , Jackson Yant

We propose a scenario in which a strong Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry breaking in the early universe results in large inhomogeneities of the initial QCD axion field value, leading to the formation of very dense axion bubbles. Some of the axion…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-09 Naoya Kitajima , Fuminobu Takahashi

Overdense regions can collapse into primordial black holes (PBHs) in the early universe, which are a compelling candidate for dark matter. Current constraints leave the asteroid-mass window the only possible one for PBH to account for all…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 Wencong Hong , Shi Pi , Ao Wang , Zhenyu Zhang

There is controversy surrounding the origin and evolution of our universe's largest supermassive black holes (SMBHs). In this study, we consider the possibility that some of these black holes formed from the direct collapse of primordial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-21 Dan Hooper , Aurora Ireland , Gordan Krnjaic , Albert Stebbins

The possibility that dark matter particles could be constituted by extreme regular primordial black holes is discussed. Extreme black holes have zero surface temperature, and are not subjected to the Hawking evaporation process. Assuming…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-14 José Antonio de Freitas Pacheco

Ultracompact primordial black hole binaries with masses > 10^{16} g are considered. If PBHB's contribute significant part of the dark matter of the Galaxy one can expect an existence of high-frequent non-thermal diffuse gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 J. N. Abdurashitov , V. E. Yants , C. V. Parfenov

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 study in detail the production of primordial black holes (PBHs), as well as their mass and initial spin, due to the phase transitions corresponding to radiative symmetry breaking (RSB) and featuring a large supercooling. The latter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-08 Indra Kumar Banerjee , Francesco Rescigno , Alberto Salvio

We propose a mechanism to generate Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) which is independent of cosmological inflation and occurs slightly below the QCD phase transition. Our setup relies on the collapse of long-lived string-domain wall networks…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-03-27 Francesc Ferrer , Eduard Masso , Giuliano Panico , Oriol Pujolas , Fabrizio Rompineve

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are hypothetical objects that could have originated from density fluctuations in a very early phase of our Universe. Recent observations restrict the masses that such PBHs could have, if they are to constitute…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-15 Vitorio A. De Lorenci , David I. Kaiser , Patrick Peter

Primordial black holes (PBHs) with log-normal mass spectrum with masses up to $\sim 10^4-10^5 M_\odot$ can be created after QCD phase transition in the early Universe at $z\sim 10^{12}$ by the modified Affleck-Dine baryogenesis. Using a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-24 Konstantin Postnov , Ilya Chekh

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) with a mass $M \lesssim {10^{17}}$g are expected to inject sub-GeV electrons and positrons in the Galaxy via Hawking radiation. These cosmic rays are shielded by the solar magnetic field for Earth-bound…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-06 Mathieu Boudaud , Marco Cirelli

Dark Matter (DM) is omnipresent in our universe. Despite its abundance, the microscopic identity of DM still remains a mystery. Primordial black holes (PBHs), possibly formed via gravitational collapse of large density perturbations in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-11 Anupam Ray

We consider the formation of primordial black holes (PBHs), during the radiation-dominated Universe, generated from the collapse of super-horizon curvature fluctuations that are overlapped with others on larger scales. Using a set of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-26 Albert Escrivà , Chul-Moon Yoo

In the model where Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) form from large primordial curvature (C) perturbations, i.e., CPBHs, constraints on PBH abundance provide in principle constraints on the primordial curvature power spectrum. This connection…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-15 Alba Kalaja , Nicola Bellomo , Nicola Bartolo , Daniele Bertacca , Sabino Matarrese , Ilia Musco , Alvise Raccanelli , Licia Verde

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are of fundamental interest in cosmology and astrophysics, and have received much attention as a dark matter candidate and as a potential source of gravitational waves. One possible PBH formation mechanism is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-13 Alexander C. Jenkins , Mairi Sakellariadou

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are thought to have been formed as a result of density fluctuations in the very early Universe. It is suggested that PBHs of mass $\sim 5 \times 10^{14} \mathrm{\ g}$ or less have evaporated through the release…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-04 Sajan Kumar

Primordial black holes (PBHs) offer a compelling candidate for dark matter. The production of PBHs through well-tested and accepted physical processes is highly worthy of investigation. This work highlights the role of turbulences in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-18 Jia-xiang Liang , Peng Xu , Ming-hui Du , Zi-ren Luo

In this proceeding we consider primordial black holes (PBHs) as a dark matter candidate. We discuss the existing limits on the fraction $f_{pbh}$ of the dark matter constituting of PBHs as a function of PBHs mass. The discussed limits cover…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-13 Denys Malyshev , Emmanuel Moulin , Andrea Santangelo

We consider primordial black hole (PBH) production in inflationary $\alpha$-attractors. We discuss two classes of models, namely models with a minimal polynomial superpotential as well as modulated chaotic ones that admit PBHs. We find that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-11 Ioannis Dalianis , Alex Kehagias , George Tringas