Extreme primordial black holes

2019/10/31 by Siri Chongchitnan, Teeraparb Chantavat, Jenna Zunder
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Binary black hole #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark matter #Extreme value theory #Formalism (music) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Gravitational wave #Physics #Primordial black hole #Statistics #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/asna.202113826

10 pages

openalex publication_date 2021/05/01 · arxiv created 2021/05/04 · arxiv updated 2021/05/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Abstract We present a formalism for calculating the probability distribution of the most massive primordial black holes (PBHs) expected within an observational volume. We show how current observational upper bounds on the fraction of PBHs in dark matter translate to constraints on extreme masses of primordial black holes. We demonstrate the power of our formalism via a case study, and argue that our formalism can be used to produce extreme‐value distributions for a wide range of PBH formation theories.

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