Primordial black holes from stochastic inflation

5 May 2024, 09:40
20m
DIAS

DIAS

10 Burlington Rd, Dublin, D04 C932, Ireland

Speaker

Syksy Räsänen

Description

Primordial black holes (PBH) are an interesting dark matter candidate. In single-field models of inflation that generate them, stochastic effects are typically important. I discuss how to model stochastic effects consistently and how they can greatly enhance the PBH abundance. I also discuss the role of stochasticity in collapse of matter into PBHs.

Primary authors

Daniel Garcia Figueroa (Departam.de Fisica Teorica-Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad Auto) Dr Eemeli Tomberg (University of Lancaster) Dr Sami Raatikainen (University of Helsinki) Syksy Räsänen

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