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Primordial black holes and how to produce them
Add to Calendar 2018-11-14T13:30:00 2018-11-14T14:30:00 UTC Primordial black holes and how to produce them

Physics HEP Seminar

Davey Laboratory (339)
Start DateWed, Nov 14, 2018
8:30 AM
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End DateWed, Nov 14, 2018
9:30 AM
Presented By
Philippa Sarah Cole - University of Sussex

Physics HEP Seminar

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Abstract: Primordial black holes have had a recent surge in popularity due to the LIGO/VIRGO detections and the possibility that they could make up all or part of the dark matter. However, even if you only want to produce one primordial black hole, there are tough requirements for the inflationary potential which can be translated to constraints on the primordial power spectrum. I will show that there is a limit to how fast the power spectrum can grow, and how observational constraints are getting closer and closer to ruling out primordial black holes on certain mass ranges.