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We constrain the mass abundance of unclustered primordial black holes (PBHs), formed with a simple mass distribution and subject to the Hawking evaporation and particle absorption from the environment. Since the radiative flux is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. S. Custódio , J. E. Horvath

We revisit the constraints on primordial black holes (PBHs) in the mass range $10^{13}-10^{18}$ g by comparing the 100\,keV-5\,GeV gamma-ray background with isotropic flux from PBH Hawking radiation (HR). We investigate three effects that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-23 Siyu Chen , Hong-Hao Zhang , Guangbo Long

Within the mass range of $10^{16}-5\times 10^{18}$ g, primordial black holes (PBHs) persist as plausible candidates for dark matter. Our study involves a reassessment of the constraints on PBHs through a comparative analysis of the cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-30 Xiu-hui Tan , Jun-qing Xia

We revisit the role of primordial black holes (PBHs) as potential dark matter (DM) candidates, particularly focusing on light asteroid-mass PBHs. These PBHs are expected to emit particles through Hawking evaporation that can generate cosmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-26 Pedro De la Torre Luque , Jordan Koechler , Shyam Balaji

Recent studies of gamma-ray, cosmic-ray and radio data put stringent constraints on the fraction of primordial black holes (PBHs) in our universe. In this article, we propose a new indirect method in using the X-ray luminosity data of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-12 Chak Man Lee , Man Ho Chan

The Galactic positrons, as observed by their annihilation gamma-ray line at 0.511 MeV, are difficult to account for with astrophysical sources. It has been proposed that they are produced instead by dark matter annihilation or decay in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-09 John F. Beacom , Nicole F. Bell , Gianfranco Bertone

We investigate the possibility of constraining primordial black holes (PBHs) with masses $M_\mathrm{PBH}\gtrsim 10^{15}\,\mathrm{g}$ through Galactic diffuse synchrotron emissions. Due to Hawking radiation, these types of PBHs are expected…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-01 Chen-Wei Du , Yu-Feng Zhou

Primordial black holes can have substantial spin -- a fundamental property that has a strong effect on its evaporation rate. We conduct a comprehensive study of the detectability of primordial black holes with non-negligible spin, via the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-09-02 Basudeb Dasgupta , Ranjan Laha , Anupam Ray

Primordial black holes are a viable dark matter candidate. They decay via Hawking evaporation. Energetic particles from the Hawking radiation interact with interstellar gas, depositing their energy as heat and ionization. For a sufficiently…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-12 Hyungjin Kim

In this $\textit{Letter}$, we search for the signal of the primordial black holes (PBHs) by correlating the $\gamma$-ray emissions in the MeV energy band produced by the Hawking evaporation and the lensing effect of the cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-16 Xiu-Hui Tan , Yang-Jie Yan , Taotao Qiu , Jun-Qing Xia

We show that primordial (nearly) extremal black holes with a wide range of masses from the Planck scale to around $10^9$ g could be cosmologically stable and explain dark matter, given a dark electromagnetism and a heavy dark electron. For…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-03-11 Yang Bai , Nicholas Orlofsky

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

Cosmic-ray (CR) positrons are relatively rare due to their secondary origin and thus sensitive to exotic contributions. Primordial black holes (PBHs) with masses above $\sim 5\times10^{14}\,\mathrm{g}$ can be stable sources of CR positrons…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-08 Jia-Zhi Huang , Yu-Feng Zhou

Near-extremal primordial black holes stable over cosmological timescales may constitute a significant fraction of the dark matter. Due to their charge the coalescence rate of such black holes is enhanced inside clusters and the non-extremal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-24 Konstantinos Kritos , Joseph Silk

As a promising dark matter candidate, primordial black holes (PBHs) lighter than $\sim10^{-18}M_{\odot}$ are supposed to have evaporated by today through Hawking radiation. This scenario is challenged by the memory burden effect, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-27 Yang Jiang , Chen Yuan , Chong-Zhi Li , Qing-Guo Huang

Many cosmological phenomena lead to the production of primordial black holes in the early Universe. These phenomena often create a population of black holes with extended mass and spin distributions. As these black holes evaporate via…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-10 Andrew Cheek , Lucien Heurtier , Yuber F. Perez-Gonzalez , Jessica Turner

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are remnants of objects formed in the early Universe. Their lifetime is an increasing function of their mass, so PBHs in the right mass range can end their lives in an evaporation event that is potentially…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-25 R. López-Coto , M. Doro , A. de Angelis , M. Mariotti , J. P. Harding

Cosmic gamma-ray bursts with primary-photon energies > 10 GeV are sought in the data from the Andyrchy array obtained in the mode of detection of a single cosmic-ray component during a net observation period of 2005.4 d. The distribution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 V. B. Petkov , E. V. Bugaev , P. A. Klimai , D. V. Smirnov

We revisit the scenario in which stable particles of a dark sector are produced through the complete evaporation of light primordial black holes (PBHs) formed in the early Universe. We investigate in detail the role of isocurvature…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 G. Franciolini , D. Racco

A primordial black hole in the last stages of evaporation and located in the local neighborhood can produce a detectable signal in gamma ray and neutrino telescopes. We re-evaluate the expected gamma ray and neutrino fluxes from these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-24 Antonio Capanema , AmirFarzan Esmaeili , Arman Esmaili