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Primordial black holes (PBHs) constitute a compelling dark matter candidate whose gravitational effects could significantly influence early cosmic structure formation. We investigate the impact of PBHs on Population III star formation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-08 Julia Monika Koulen , Stefano Profumo , Nolan Smyth

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

Recent developments in the study of primordial black holes (PBHs) will be reviewed, with particular emphasis on their formation and evaporation. PBHs could provide a unique probe of the early Universe, gravitational collapse, high energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. J. Carr

JWST is detecting an excess of high-redshift ($z\gtrsim 10$), bright galaxies challenging most theoretical predictions. To address this issue, we investigate the impact of Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) on the halo mass function and UV…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-08 Antonio Matteri , Andrea Pallottini , Andrea Ferrara

The rate of accretion of matter from a solar-type star onto a primordial black hole (PBH) that passes through it is calculated. The probability that a PBH is captured into an orbit around a star in a galaxy is found. The mean lifetime of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Alexander Shatskiy

Primordial black holes (PBHs), theorized to have originated in the early universe, are speculated to be a viable form of dark matter. If they exist, they should be detectable through photometric and astrometric signals resulting from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-10 K. Pruett , W. Dawson , M. S. Medford , C. Lam , J. R. Lu , S. Perkins , P. McGill , N. Golovich , G. Chapline

The discovery of black-hole-binary mergers through their gravitational wave (GW) emission has reopened the exciting possibility that dark matter is made, at least partly, of primordial black holes (PBHs). However, this scenario is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-04 Mihael Petač , Julien Lavalle , Karsten Jedamzik

Discovery of high-redshift (z > 6) supermassive black holes (BHs) may indicate that the rapid (or super-Eddington) gas accretion has aided their quick growth. Here, we study such rapid accretion of the primordial gas on to intermediate-mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-24 Kazuyuki Sugimura , Takashi Hosokawa , Hidenobu Yajima , Kazuyuki Omukai

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) remain a Dark Matter (DM) candidate of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Previously, we proposed a new method of constraining the remaining PBH DM mass range using microlensing of stars monitored by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Agnieszka M. Cieplak , Kim Griest

Primordial black holes (PBHs) from the early Universe that can contribute to dark matter (DM) abundance have been linked to gravitational wave observations. Super-massive black holes (SMBHs) at the centers of galaxies are expected to modify…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-27 Qianhang Ding , Minxi He , Volodymyr Takhistov

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) are expected to accrete particle dark matter around them to form ultracompact minihalos (UCMHs), if the PBHs themselves are not most of the dark matter. We show that if most dark matter is a thermal relic, then…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Brian C. Lacki , John F. Beacom

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are known as one of the potential candidates for dark matter. They are expected to have formed due to the direct gravitational collapse of density fluctuations in the early Universe. Therefore, the study of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-11 Saeed Fakhry

Theories of large extra dimensions (LEDs) such as the Arkani-Hamed, Dimopoulos & Dvali scenario predict a "true" Planck scale $M_\star$ near the TeV scale, while the observed $M_{pl}$ is due to the geometric effect of compact extra…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-06-05 Avi Friedlander , Katherine J. Mack , Sarah Schon , Ningqiang Song , Aaron C. Vincent

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are the plausible candidates for the cosmological dark matter. Theoretically, PBHs with masses $M_{\rm PBH}$ in the range of $4\times10^{14}\sim 10^{17}\,{\rm g}$ can emit sub-GeV electrons and positrons…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-24 Bing-Yu Su , Xu Pan , Guan-Sen Wang , Lei Zu , Yupeng Yang , Lei Feng

We consider the effect of accretion of radiation in the early universe on primordial black holes in Brans-Dicke theory. The rate of growth of a primordial black hole due to accretion of radiation in Brans-Dicke theory is considerably…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-03 B. Nayak , A. S. Majumdar , L. P. Singh

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

A very pressing question in contemporary physics is the identity of Dark Matter (DM). Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are one of the most well-motivated DM candidates. Light PBHs have been constrained by either the non-detection of their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-15 Akash Kumar Saha , Abhijeet Singh , Priyank Parashari , Ranjan Laha

Combining a theoretical model of mass accretion onto a galactic center with a high-resolution $N$-body/SPH simulation, we investigate the formation of an intermediate massive black hole (IMBH) during the hierarchical formation of a small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Nozomu Kawakatu , Takayuki R. Saitoh , Keiichi Wada