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Large scale primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) threading the intergalactic medium are observed ubiquitously in the Universe playing a key role in the cosmic evolution. Their origin is still debated constituting a very active field of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Theodoros Papanikolaou , Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos

Although it is assumed that magnetic fields in accretion disks are dragged from the interstellar medium, the idea is likely not applicable to primordial black holes (PBHs) formed in the early universe. Here we show that magnetic fields can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-21 Mohammadtaher Safarzadeh

Primordial black holes (PBHs) can answer a plethora of cosmic conundra, among which the origin of the cosmic magnetic fields. In particular, supermassive PBHs with masses $M_\mathrm{PBH}>10^{10} M_\odot$ and furnished with a plasma-disk…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-14 Theodoros Papanikolaou , Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos

Magnetic fields appear to be present in all galaxies and galaxy clusters. Recent measurements indicate that a weak magnetic field may be present even in the smooth low density intergalactic medium. One explanation for these observations is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Smadar Naoz , Ramesh Narayan

The presence of supermassive black holes (SMBHs, $M_{\bullet}\sim 10^{6-10}~M_{\odot}$) in the first cosmic Gyr ($z\gtrsim 6$) challenges current models of BH formation and evolution. We propose a novel mechanism for the formation of early…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-07 Francesco Ziparo , Simona Gallerani , Andrea Ferrara

The observational evidence for a population of quasars powered by supermassive black holes of mass \geq 10^9 M_sun at redshifts z\geq 6 poses a great challenge for any model describing the formation of galaxies. Assuming uninterrupted…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Norbert Duechting

We introduce a modification of the Press-Schechter formalism aimed to derive general mass functions for primordial black holes (PBHs). In this case, we start from primordial power spectra (PPS) which include a monochromatic spike, typical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 Juan Magaña , Marco San Martín , Joaquín Sureda , Marcelo E. Rubio , Ignacio J. Araya , Nelson D. Padilla

We revisit the problem of magnetic field generation in accretion flows onto black holes owing to the excess radiation force on electrons. This excess force may arise from the Poynting-Robertson effect. Instead of a recent claim of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , R. V. E. Lovelace , V. A. Belinski

The origin of the magnetic field in galaxies is an open question in astrophysics. Several mechanisms have been proposed related, in general, with the generation of small seed fields amplified by a dynamo mechanism. In general, these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 O. D. Miranda , M. Opher , R. Opher

We develop a primordial black hole (PBH) production mechanism, deriving non-Gaussian tails from interacting quantum fields during early universe inflation. The multi-field potential landscape may contain relatively flat directions, as a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-07 George Panagopoulos , Eva Silverstein

Primordial magnetic field (PMF) is one of the feasible candidates to explain observed large-scale magnetic fields, for example, intergalactic magnetic fields. We present a new mechanism that brings us information about PMFs on small scales…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-28 Shohei Saga , Hiroyuki Tashiro , Shuichiro Yokoyama

We present a modification of the Press-Schechter (PS) formalism to derive general mass functions for primordial black holes (PBHs), considering their formation as being associated to the amplitude of linear energy density fluctuations. To…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Joaquin Sureda , Juan Magana , Ignacio J. Araya , Nelson D. Padilla

We investigate generation processes of magnetic fields around first stars. Since the first stars are expected to form anisotropic ionization fronts in the surrounding clumpy media, magnetic fields are generated by effects of radiation force…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Kentaro Doi , Hajime Susa

In a class of single field models of inflation, the idea of Primordial Black holes(PBHs) production is studied. In this case, the dynamics on small cosmological scales differs significantly from that of the large scales probed by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 Mayukh R. Gangopadhyay , Jayesh C. Jain , Devanshu Sharma , Yogesh

In this article, we calculate the mass distribution of primordial black holes (PBHs) formed in the matter-dominated (MD) era by the peak theory. We apply the Zel'dovich approximation to track the nonlinear evolution of overdensities and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-03 Weitao Ye , Yungui Gong , Tomohiro Harada , Zhaofeng Kang , Kazunori Kohri , Daiki Saito , Chul-Moon Yoo

Presence of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) with mass $(10^{6}-10^{9}) M_{\odot}$ at $z = 10$ has been recently revealed by James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations. In this study we generate seeds for the above range of SMBHs in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-02 Nirmali Das , Sanjeev Kalita , Ankita Kakati

Strongly supercooled first order phase transitions (FOPTs) can produce primordial black hole (PBH) dark matter (DM) along with observable gravitational waves (GWs) from bubble collisions. Such FOPTs may also produce coherent magnetic fields…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-24 Shyam Balaji , Malcolm Fairbairn , Maria Olalla Olea-Romacho

Computations of the primordial black hole (PBH) mass function discussed in the literature have conceptual issues. They stem from that the mass function is a differential quantity and the standard criterion of the PBH formation from the seed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-11 Teruaki Suyama , Shuichiro Yokoyama

The generation process of magnetic field around a proto-first-star is studied. Utilizing the recent numerical result of proto-first-star formation based upon the radiation hydrodynamics simulations, we assess the magnetic field strength…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Yuki Shiromoto , Hajime Susa , Takashi Hosokawa

Ultralight primordial black holes (PBHs) provide a compelling window into early-Universe cosmology. Following our earlier work, we explore a mechanism for the formation of ultralight PBHs sourced by primordial inflationary magnetic fields,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-15 Subhasis Maiti , Debaprasad Maity
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