Updated constraints on the primordial power spectrum at sub-Mpc scales

Abstract

The primordial power spectrum of matter density perturbations contains highly valuable information about new fundamental physics, in particular cosmological inflation, but is only very weakly constrained observationally for small cosmological scales $k\gtrsim 3{\mathrm{Mpc}}^{-1}$. We derive novel constraints, ${\mathcal{P}}_{\mathcal{R}}(k)\lesssim 5\cdot 10^{-6}$ over a large range of such scales, from the formation of ultracompact minihalos in the early universe. Unlike most existing constraints of this type, our results do not rest on the assumption that dark matter can annihilate into ordinary matter.

11 pages revtex4, 6 figures. Matches published version

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