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astro-ph.HE2026

Self-Similar Mass Spectra of Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers

Liam Blum, Stefano Profumo, Ryan Schantz +1

Black holes that merge repeatedly carry a record of that history in their mass distribution. We treat hierarchical merging as a coagulation problem, in which a single kernel encode…

astro-ph.HE2026

G objects as Primordial Black Hole-Neutron Star Remnants: Population Modeling and Multi-Wavelength Observables

David Morales-Zapien, Stefano Profumo

The nature of the so-called G objects orbiting the Galactic Center remains unresolved. These sources exhibit compact Br emission, extreme infrared colors, and remarkable dynamic…

astro-ph.HE2026

What Are Pulsar Companions Made of? Using Gravitational Tides to Probe Their Compositions

Liam Colombo-Murphy, Lucas Brown, Stefano Profumo +2

Low eccentricity, short orbital period pulsar companions may provide a probe to study novel dense and stable exoplanet internal compositions due to the potentially significant orbi…

astro-ph.HE2025

Backwards Gamma-Ray Bursts: Searching for Exploding Primordial Black Holes in Short-Duration GRB Catalogs

Stefano Profumo, Kally Wen

We present a systematic search for signatures of terminal black-hole evaporation in short gamma-ray burst (sGRB) catalogs. An exploding primordial black hole (PBH) undergoing final…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

A Multi-Wavelength Survey of Transient Lensing Opportunities for Primordial Black Hole Searches

Stefano Profumo

Gravitational lensing of short astrophysical transients provides a uniquely direct avenue for searching for primordial black holes (PBHs) across a vast range of masses. While past…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

The Maximal Gravitational Wave Signal from Asteroid-Mass Primordial Black Hole Mergers At Resonant Microwave Cavities

Stefano Profumo, Lucas Brown, Christopher Ewasiuk +2

Primordial black holes can be the entirety of the dark matter in a broad, approximately five-orders-of-magnitude-wide mass range, the ``asteroid mass range'', between $10^{-16}\ M_…