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Main Authors: Dent, James B., Dutta, Bhaskar, Kumar, Jason, Marfatia, Danny
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21830
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author Dent, James B.
Dutta, Bhaskar
Kumar, Jason
Marfatia, Danny
author_facet Dent, James B.
Dutta, Bhaskar
Kumar, Jason
Marfatia, Danny
contents We consider the formation of Q-balls in false vacuum remnants during a cosmological first-order phase transition. We find that under certain circumstances Q-balls can collapse to form primordial black holes. This scenario can produce multimessenger signals that may be observed at upcoming experiments, including 1-100 nHz gravitational waves from the phase transition, and gamma-rays emitted from primordial black holes as Hawking radiation and as superradiance. These signals are quite distinctive, and differ markedly from signals expected from Fermi-balls. The reheating of the dark sector from the phase transition may address the Hubble tension.
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spellingShingle Primordial black holes from Q-balls produced in a first-order phase transition
Dent, James B.
Dutta, Bhaskar
Kumar, Jason
Marfatia, Danny
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We consider the formation of Q-balls in false vacuum remnants during a cosmological first-order phase transition. We find that under certain circumstances Q-balls can collapse to form primordial black holes. This scenario can produce multimessenger signals that may be observed at upcoming experiments, including 1-100 nHz gravitational waves from the phase transition, and gamma-rays emitted from primordial black holes as Hawking radiation and as superradiance. These signals are quite distinctive, and differ markedly from signals expected from Fermi-balls. The reheating of the dark sector from the phase transition may address the Hubble tension.
title Primordial black holes from Q-balls produced in a first-order phase transition
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21830