Primordial Black Holes: Observational characteristics of the final evaporation
Abstract
For many early universe theories predict the creation of Primordial Black Holes (PBHs). PBHs could have masses ranging from the Planck mass to 105 solar masses or higher depending on the size of the universe at formation. A Black Hole (BH) has a Hawking temperature which is inversely proportional to its mass. Hence a sufficiently small BH will quasi-thermally radiate particles at an ever-increasing rate as emission lowers its mass and raises its temperature. Moreover, the final moments of this evaporation phase should be explosive and its description is dependent on the particle physics model. In this work we investigate the final few seconds of BH evaporation, using the Standard Model and incorporating the most recent Large Hadron Collider (LHC) results, and provide a new parameterization for the instantaneous emission spectrum. We calculate for the first time energy-dependent PBH burst light curves in the GeV/TeV energy range. Moreover, we explore PBH burst search methods and potential observational PBH burst signatures. We have found a unique signature in the PBH burst light curves that may be detectable by GeV/TeV gamma-ray observatories such as the High Altitude Water Cerenkov (HAWC) observatory. Finally, the implications of beyond the Standard Model theories on themore »
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[1];
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- Univ. of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1257975
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1358809
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-23058
Journal ID: ISSN 0927-6505; PII: S092765051630041X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Astroparticle Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 80; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0927-6505
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Primordial Black Holes; HAWC; Very high energy bursts; Gamma-ray bursts
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Ukwatta, T. N., Stump, D. R., Linnemann, J. T., MacGibbon, J. H., Marinelli, S. S., Yapici, T., and Tollefson, K. Primordial Black Holes: Observational characteristics of the final evaporation. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.03.007.
Ukwatta, T. N., Stump, D. R., Linnemann, J. T., MacGibbon, J. H., Marinelli, S. S., Yapici, T., & Tollefson, K. Primordial Black Holes: Observational characteristics of the final evaporation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.03.007
Ukwatta, T. N., Stump, D. R., Linnemann, J. T., MacGibbon, J. H., Marinelli, S. S., Yapici, T., and Tollefson, K. Fri .
"Primordial Black Holes: Observational characteristics of the final evaporation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.03.007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257975.
@article{osti_1257975,
title = {Primordial Black Holes: Observational characteristics of the final evaporation},
author = {Ukwatta, T. N. and Stump, D. R. and Linnemann, J. T. and MacGibbon, J. H. and Marinelli, S. S. and Yapici, T. and Tollefson, K.},
abstractNote = {For many early universe theories predict the creation of Primordial Black Holes (PBHs). PBHs could have masses ranging from the Planck mass to 105 solar masses or higher depending on the size of the universe at formation. A Black Hole (BH) has a Hawking temperature which is inversely proportional to its mass. Hence a sufficiently small BH will quasi-thermally radiate particles at an ever-increasing rate as emission lowers its mass and raises its temperature. Moreover, the final moments of this evaporation phase should be explosive and its description is dependent on the particle physics model. In this work we investigate the final few seconds of BH evaporation, using the Standard Model and incorporating the most recent Large Hadron Collider (LHC) results, and provide a new parameterization for the instantaneous emission spectrum. We calculate for the first time energy-dependent PBH burst light curves in the GeV/TeV energy range. Moreover, we explore PBH burst search methods and potential observational PBH burst signatures. We have found a unique signature in the PBH burst light curves that may be detectable by GeV/TeV gamma-ray observatories such as the High Altitude Water Cerenkov (HAWC) observatory. Finally, the implications of beyond the Standard Model theories on the PBH burst observational characteristics are also discussed, including potential sensitivity of the instantaneous photon detection rate to a squark threshold in the 5–10 TeV range.},
doi = {10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.03.007},
journal = {Astroparticle Physics},
number = C,
volume = 80,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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