Quasi-extremal primordial black holes are a viable dark matter candidate

Abstract

Black hole evaporation is generally considered inevitable for low-mass black holes, yet there is no confirmation of this remarkable hypothesis. Here, we propose a phenomenological model that appeals to the possible survival of light quasi-extremal primordial black holes as a significant dark matter component and show that the related cosmological and astrophysical constraints disappear for reasonable degrees of quasi-extremality. The results obtained are general, conservative and should be taken as a proof of principle for future, model-specific analyses.

13 pages, 2 figures

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