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Title: Primordial black holes in the very early Universe

Journal Article · · Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA)
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, Avadh Bhatia Physics Laboratory, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J1 (CA)
  2. Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

The role of primordial black holes in the very early Universe under SU(3){times}SU(2){times}U(1), SU(5), and their supersymmetric counterparts is investigated. It is found that three of the four theories predict a phase, beginning around the Planck time and ending sometime on the order of ten to a hundred Planck times, in which black holes and radiation are comparable energy density. The fourth theory, SU(5), predicts a radiation-dominated model from the Planck era onward.

OSTI ID:
5595342
Journal Information:
Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA), Vol. 40:6; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English