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We consider the process of primordial black hole (PBH) formation originated from primordial curvature perturbations produced during waterfall transition (with tachyonic instability), at the end of hybrid inflation. It is known that in such…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-08 Edgar Bugaev , Peter Klimai

We present a simple model based on the dark halo approach which provides a useful way to understand key points determining the shape of the non-Gaussian tails of the dark matter one-point probability distribution function(PDF). In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Atsushi Taruya , Takashi Hamana , Issha Kayo

We report a novel prediction from single-field inflation that even a tiny step in the inflaton potential can change our perception of primordial non-Gaussianities of the curvature perturbation. Our analysis focuses on the tail of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-04 Yi-Fu Cai , Xiao-Han Ma , Misao Sasaki , Dong-Gang Wang , Zihan Zhou

Strongly supercooled first-order phase transitions have been proposed as a primordial black hole (PBH) production mechanism. While previous works rely on simplified models with limited thermodynamic precision, we stress that reliable…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-25 Maciej Kierkla , Nicklas Ramberg , Philipp Schicho , Daniel Schmitt

In this paper, we show that if passive fluctuations are considered, primordial black holes (PBHs) can be easily produced in the framework of single-field, slow-roll inflation models. The formation of PBHs is due to the blue spectrum of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-05 Chia-Min Lin , Kin-Wang Ng

We perturbatively study the effect of non-Gaussianities on the mass fraction of primordial black holes (PBHs) at the time of formation by systematically taking its effect into account in the one-point probability distribution function of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-02 Takahiko Matsubara , Misao Sasaki

We determine the abundance of primordial black holes (PBHs) formed in the context of non-gaussian models with primordial density perturbations. We consider models with a renormalized $\chi^2$ probability distribution function parametrized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 P. P. Avelino

We study Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) formed by the collapse of rare primordial fluctuations during an early period of Matter Domination. The collapse threshold strongly depends on the shape of the peaks, decreasing as they become flatter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-26 Ehsan Ebrahimian , Ali Akbar Abolhasani , Mehrdad Mirbabayi

We investigate the possibility to detect primordial non-Gaussianity by analysing the bulk of the probability distribution function (PDF) of late-time cosmic density fluctuations. For this purpose we devise a new method to predict the impact…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-02 Oliver Friedrich , Cora Uhlemann , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Tobias Baldauf , Marc Manera , Takahiro Nishimichi

We present a numerical investigation of the gravitational collapse of horizon-size density fluctuations to primordial black holes (PBHs) during the radiation-dominated phase of the Early Universe. The collapse dynamics of three different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. C. Niemeyer , K. Jedamzik

We estimate the probability distribution for the spins of the primordial black holes (PBHs) that formed during an early matter-dominated era in the Universe. We employ the Zel'dovich approximation and focus on the linear-order effect of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-31 Daiki Saito , Tomohiro Harada , Yasutaka Koga , Chul-Moon Yoo

The probability density functions (PDFs) for energy dissipation rates, created from time-series data of grid turbulence in a wind tunnel, are analyzed in a high precision by the theoretical formulae for PDFs within multifractal PDF theory…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-03 Toshihico Arimitsu , Naoko Arimitsu , Hideaki Mouri

Primordial black holes (PBHs) can form in the early Universe, for instance during radiation domination, from the collapse of large-amplitude density perturbations shortly after horizon re-entry. This mechanism establishes an approximate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Ashu Kushwaha , Teruaki Suyama

We consider several early Universe models that allow for production of large curvature perturbations at small scales. As is well known, such perturbations can lead to formation of primordial black holes (PBHs). We briefly review the today's…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-10 P. A. Klimai , E. V. Bugaev

We present a study of the Effective Field Theory (EFT) generalization of stochastic inflation in a model-independent single-field framework and its impact on primordial black hole (PBH) formation. We show how the Langevin equations for the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-24 Sayantan Choudhury , Ahaskar Karde , Pankaj Padiyar , M. Sami

Using the concept of apparent horizon for dynamical black holes, we revisit the formation of primordial black holes (PBH) in the early universe for both linear and non-linear regimes. First, we develop the perturbation theory for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-28 Alireza Allahyari , Javad T. Firouzjaee , Ali Akbar Abolhasani

We study the effect of the nonlinear relation between density and curvature perturbations on the formation of PBHs. By calculating the variance and skewness of the density perturbation we derive the non-Gaussian property. As a criterion for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Masahiro Kawasaki , Hiromasa Nakatsuka

Rare events play a crucial role in understanding complex systems. Characterizing and analyzing them in scale-invariant situations is challenging due to strong correlations. In this work, we focus on characterizing the tails of probability…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-03 Ivan Balog , Bertrand Delamotte , Adam Rançon

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

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are a promising candidate for dark matter, as they can form in the very early universe without invoking new particle physics. This work explores PBH formation within a curvaton scenario featuring an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-21 Bing-Yu Su , Nan Li , Lei Feng