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Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter: The Power Spectrum and Evaporation of Early Structures

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Afshordi, N., McDonald, P., Spergel, D. N.·2003·The Astrophysical Journal
DOI 10.1086/378763
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We consider the possibility that massive primordial black holes are the dominant form of dark matter. Black hole formation adds a Poisson noise to the matter density fluctuations. We use Lyα forest observations to constrain this Poisson term, which constrains the black hole masses to be less than approximately a few times 10 4 M ☉ . We also find that structures with less than ~10 3 black holes evaporate by now.

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Authors
Afshordi, N., McDonald, P., & Spergel, D. N.
Venue
The Astrophysical Journal
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Published
2003-08-14
Volume
594
Issue
2
Pages
L71-L74
ISSN
  • 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4357
DOI
10.1086/378763
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249
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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Afshordi, N., McDonald, P., & Spergel, D. N. (2003). Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter: The Power Spectrum and Evaporation of Early Structures. The Astrophysical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1086/378763

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