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Primordial Black Holes - Perspectives in Gravitational Wave Astronomy -

arXiv:1801.05235 · doi:10.1088/1361-6382/aaa7b4

Abstract

This is a review article on the primordial black holes (PBHs), with particular focus on the massive ones () which have not evaporated by the present epoch by the Hawking radiation. By the detections of gravitational waves by LIGO, we have gained a completely novel tool to observationally search for PBHs complementary to the electromagnetic waves. Based on the perspective that gravitational-wave astronomy will make a significant progress in the next decades, a purpose of this article is to give a comprehensive review covering a wide range of topics on PBHs. After discussing PBH formation as well as several inflation models leading to PBH production, we summarize various existing and future observational constraints. We then present topics on formation of PBH binaries, gravitational waves from PBH binaries, various observational tests of PBHs by using gravitational waves.

87 pages, 23 figures, invited topical review article published in Classical and Quantum Gravity

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