3 papers
astro-ph.CO2026
Primordial black holes: constraints, potential evidence and prospects
Bernard Carr, Antonio J. Iovino, Gabriele Perna +2
Primordial black holes (PBHs) may have formed in the early Universe and may account for all or part of the dark matter. In this review, we summarize the current observational const…
astro-ph.CO2025
The History of Primordial Black Holes
Bernard J. Carr, Anne M. Green
We overview the history of primordial black hole (PBH) research from the first papers around 50 years ago to the present epoch. The history may be divided into four periods, the di…
astro-ph.CO2025
Primordial Black Holes
Bernard Carr, Florian Kuhnel
In this chapter we first describe the early history of primordial black hole (PBH) research. We then discuss their possible formation mechanisms, including critical collapse from i…