Small-scale structure and 21cm fluctuations by primordial black holes

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/08/017· OSTI ID:22676062

Gong, Jinn-Ouk; Kitajima, Naoya ^[1]

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1. Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang 37673 (Korea, Republic of)

We discuss early structure formation of small scales sourced by primordial black holes (PBHs) which constitute a small part of present cold dark matter component. We calculate the mass function and power spectrum of haloes originated from the Poisson fluctuations of PBH number and show that the number of small haloes is significantly modified in the presence of PBHs even if their fraction accounts for only 10{sup −4}–10{sup −3} of total dark matter abundance. We then compute the subsequent 21cm signature from those haloes. We find that PBHs can provide major contributions at high redshifts within the detectability of future experiments such as Square Kilometer Array, and provide a forecast constraint on the PBH fraction.

• OSTI ID: 22676062
• Journal Information: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2017, Issue 08; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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