Primordial Black Holes: sirens of the early Universe
arXiv:1403.1198 · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10852-0_5
Abstract
Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are, typically light, black holes which can form in the early Universe. There are a number of formation mechanisms, including the collapse of large density perturbations, cosmic string loops and bubble collisions. The number of PBHs formed is tightly constrained by the consequences of their evaporation and their lensing and dynamical effects. Therefore PBHs are a powerful probe of the physics of the early Universe, in particular models of inflation. They are also a potential cold dark matter candidate.
21 pages. To be published in "Quantum Aspects of Black Holes", ed. X. Calmet (Springer, 2014)
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