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Primordial black hole formation during a strongly coupled crossover

Albert Escrivà*

Javier G. Subils†

  • Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan

  • Nordita, Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Hannes Alfvéns väg 12, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

  • *escriva.manas.albert.y0@a.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
  • †javier.subils@su.se
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Phys. Rev. D 107, L041301 – Published 8 February, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.L041301

Abstract

The final mass distribution of primordial black holes is sensitive to the equation of state of the Universe at the scales accessible by the power spectrum. Motivated by the presence of phase transitions in several beyond the Standard Model theories, some of which are strongly coupled, we analyze the production of primordial black holes during such phase transitions, which we model using the gauge/gravity duality. We focus in the (often regarded as physically uninteresting) case for which the phase transition is just a smooth crossover. We find an enhancement of primordial black hole production in the range MPBH∈[10−16,10−6]M⊙.

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Phys. Rev. D 107, L041301– Published 8 February, 2023
  • Received 13 December 2022
  • Accepted 3 January 2023
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