Primordial black holes as a dark matter candidate - a brief overview

Green, Anne M.

Abstract

Historically the most popular dark matter candidates have been new elementary particles, such as Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and axions. However Primordial Black Holes (PBHs), black holes formed from overdensities in the early Universe, are another possibility. The discovery of gravitational waves from mergers of tens of Solar mass black hole binaries by LIGO-Virgo has generated a surge in interest in PBH dark matter. We overview the formation of PBHs, observational probes of their abundance, and some of the key open questions in the field.

Citation

Green, A. M. (2024). Primordial black holes as a dark matter candidate - a brief overview. Nuclear Physics B, 1003, Article 116494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2024.116494

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 22, 2024
• Online Publication Date: May 6, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-06
• Deposit Date: May 13, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 15, 2024
• Journal: Nuclear Physics B
• Print ISSN: 0550-3213
• Electronic ISSN: 1873-1562
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1003
• Article Number: 116494
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2024.116494
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/34853595
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321324000609?via%3Dihub
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