Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier White Paper:Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are a viable candidate to comprise some or all of the dark matter and provide a unique window into the high-energy physics of the early universe. This white paper discusses the scientific motivation, current status, and future reach of observational searches for PBHs. F...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Bird, Simeon, Albert, Andrea, Dawson, Will, Ali-Haimoud, Yacine, Coogan, Adam, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Feng, Qi, Inman, Derek, Inomata, Keisuke, Kovetz, Ely, Kusenko, Alexander, Lehmann, Benjamin V, Munoz, Julian B, Singh, Rajeev, Takhistov, Volodymyr, Yu-Dai, Tsai
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 01.07.2022
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Dark matter
Data search
Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Summary:Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are a viable candidate to comprise some or all of the dark matter and provide a unique window into the high-energy physics of the early universe. This white paper discusses the scientific motivation, current status, and future reach of observational searches for PBHs. Future observational facilities supported by DOE, NSF, and NASA will provide unprecedented sensitivity to PBHs. However, devoted analysis pipelines and theoretical modeling are required to fully leverage these novel data. The search for PBHs constitutes a low-cost, high-reward science case with significant impact on the high energy physics community.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2203.08967