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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

BSM physics, underlying the now standard inflationary cosmology with baryosynthesis and dark matter/energy, inevitably leads to features, going beyond this standard cosmological paradigm. The signatures of these features can be considered…

General Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 Maxim Khlopov

We investigate primordial black hole (PBH) formation in a cosmological scenario where curvature perturbations follow purely quadratic non-Gaussianity, $\zeta = A(\phi^2-\langle\phi^2\rangle)$, arising from tachyonic instability in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-28 He-Xu Zhang , Mei Huang

Much attention has been drawn to the recent discoveries by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) of merging intermediate mass black holes. Of particular interest is the possibility that the merger events…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-22 Benjamin Horowitz

We propose a way to constrain the primordial black hole (PBH) abundance in the range of PBH masses $m$ around $10^{20}$g based on their capture by Sun-like stars in dwarf galaxies, with subsequent star destruction. We calculate numerically…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-01 Nicolas Esser , Peter Tinyakov

Black holes formed in the early universe, prior to the formation of stars, can exist as dark matter and also contribute to the black hole merger events observed in gravitational waves. We set a new limit on the abundance of primordial black…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-16 Philip Lu , Volodymyr Takhistov , Graciela B. Gelmini , Kohei Hayashi , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Alexander Kusenko

The photons emitted by primordial black holes (PBHs) can be a heating factor for interstellar dust. Assuming that dust in the Galaxy has a homogeneous distribution and that PBHs have the same distribution as dark matter (DM), we constrain…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 A. N. Melikhov , E. V. Mikheeva

Although dark matter in galaxies may consist of elementary particles different from those that make up ordinary matter and that would be smoothly distributed (still undetected), the so-called primordial black holes (PBHs) formed soon after…

We examine single-field inflationary models for the formation of primordial black holes (PBHs). By analyzing the latest observations from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT)~\cite{ACT:2025fju, ACT:2025tim}, we demonstrate that the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-24 Sasha Allegrini , Antonio J. Iovino , Hardi Veermäe

The most widely studied formation mechanism of a primordial black hole is collapse of large-amplitude perturbation on small scales generated in single-field inflation. In this Letter, we calculate one-loop correction to the large-scale…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-30 Jason Kristiano , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

We study the production of primordial black hole (PBH) dark matter in the case when the Standard Model Higgs coupled non-minimally to gravity is the inflaton. PBHs can be produced if the Higgs potential has a near-critical point due to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Syksy Rasanen , Eemeli Tomberg

The idea that primordial black holes (PBHs) can comprise most of the dark matter of the universe has recently reacquired a lot of momentum. Observational constraints, however, rule out this possibility for most of the PBH masses, with a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 N. Bartolo , V. De Luca , G. Franciolini , M. Peloso , D. Racco , A. Riotto

We show that supersymmetry and inflation, in a broad class of models, generically lead to formation of primordial black holes (PBHs) that can account for dark matter. Supersymmetry predicts a number of scalar fields that develop a coherent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-10 Marcos M. Flores , Alexander Kusenko

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are a viable candidate for dark matter if the PBH masses are in the currently unconstrained "sublunar" mass range. We revisit the possibility that PBHs were produced by nucleation of false vacuum bubbles during…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-14 Alexander Kusenko , Misao Sasaki , Sunao Sugiyama , Masahiro Takada , Volodymyr Takhistov , Edoardo Vitagliano

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

We investigate the production of primordial black holes (PBHs) and scalar-induced gravitational waves (GWs) for cosmological models in the Horndeski theory of gravity. The cosmological models of our interest incorporate the derivative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-20 Pisin Chen , Seoktae Koh , Gansukh Tumurtushaa

Light primordial black holes (PBHs) may have originated in the early Universe, and could contribute to the dark matter in the Universe. Their Hawking evaporation into particles could eventually lead to the production of antinuclei, which…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-04 Valentina De Romeri , Fiorenza Donato , David Maurin , Lorenzo Stefanuto , Agnese Tolino

Primordial black holes (PBHs) provide a well-motivated non-particle candidate for dark matter, requiring an enhancement of curvature perturbations on small inflationary scales consistent with observational constraints. In this work we study…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-01 Despina Totolou , Theodoros Papanikolaou , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We consider the production of primordial micro black holes (MBH) remnants in the early universe. These objects induce the universe to be in a matter-dominated era before the onset of inflation. Effects of such an epoch on the CMB power…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-03-22 Fabio Scardigli , Christine Gruber , Pisin Chen

Recently, it has been shown that the primordial black holes (PBHs) produced by near critical collapse in the expanding universe have a scaling mass relation similar to that of black holes produced in asymptotically flat spacetime. Distinct…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hee Il Kim