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Title: Signals of primordial black holes at gravitational wave interferometers

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D.
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  1. University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)

Primordial black holes (PBHs) can form as a result of primordial scalar perturbations at small scales. This PBH formation scenario has associated gravitational wave (GW) signatures from second-order GWs induced by the primordial curvature perturbation, and from GWs produced during an early PBH dominated era. We investigate the ability of next generation GW experiments, including BBO, LISA, and CE, to probe this PBH formation scenario in a wide mass range. Measuring the stochastic GW background with GW observatories can constrain the allowed parameter space of PBHs for masses 109 – 1027 g. We also discuss possible GW sources from an unconstrained region where light PBHs (< 109 g) temporarily dominate the energy density of the universe before evaporating. Here we show how PBH formation impacts the reach of GW observatories to the primordial power spectrum and provide constraints implied by existing PBH bounds.

Research Organization:
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Sloan Scholar Fellowship; UC Hellman fellowship
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0009919; SC0019195
OSTI ID:
1980117
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D., Vol. 105, Issue 12; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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