7 papers
Reviving the Affleck-Dine Curvaton Scenario with Compensated Isocurvature Perturbations
Masahiro Kawasaki, Shunsuke Neda
We revisit the Affleck-Dine curvaton scenario in the framework of supersymmetry, taking Q-ball formation into account. In this scenario, a scalar field carrying baryon number, name…
Merger rate of initially clustered primordial black holes for the two-body channel
Kentaro Kasai, Masahiro Kawasaki, Kai Murai +1
Primordial black holes (PBHs) may form an initially clustered population depending on their production mechanism. Motivated by binary black-hole merger events observed by gravitati…
Microlensing events and primordial black holes in the axionlike curvaton model
Kentaro Kasai, Masahiro Kawasaki, Kai Murai +1
Recently, Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) observations found 12 candidates for microlensing events. These events can be explained by primordial black holes (PBHs) with masses of $10…
Formation of primordial black holes through Q-balls
Shinta Kasuya, Masahiro Kawasaki, Alexander Kusenko +1
We study the primordial black hole (PBH) formation from Q-balls that are non-topological solitons in scalar field theories. We develop a formula for calculating the density perturb…
Clustering of Primordial Black Holes from QCD Axion Bubbles
Kentaro Kasai, Masahiro Kawasaki, Naoya Kitajima +3
We study the clustering of primordial black holes (PBHs) and axion miniclusters produced in the model proposed to explain the LIGO/Virgo events or the seeds of the supermassive bla…
Do Cosmic String Segments Emit Gravitational Waves?
Akifumi Chitose, Masahiro Ibe, Shunsuke Neda +1
Cosmic strings are predicted in various extensions of the Standard Model, including grand unified theories. Depending on the symmetry-breaking pattern, they can be either topologic…