Primordial Black Hole Formation and Spin in Matter Domination Revisited

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Main Authors: Ye, Weitao, Gong, Yungui, Harada, Tomohiro, Kang, Zhaofeng, Kohri, Kazunori, Saito, Daiki, Yoo, Chul-Moon
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author Ye, Weitao
Gong, Yungui
Harada, Tomohiro
Kang, Zhaofeng
Kohri, Kazunori
Saito, Daiki
Yoo, Chul-Moon
author_facet Ye, Weitao
Gong, Yungui
Harada, Tomohiro
Kang, Zhaofeng
Kohri, Kazunori
Saito, Daiki
Yoo, Chul-Moon
contents In this article, we calculate the mass distribution of primordial black holes (PBHs) formed in the matter-dominated (MD) era by the peak theory. We apply the Zel'dovich approximation to track the nonlinear evolution of overdensities and compute the PBH abundance and mass function by incorporating a PBH formation criterion based on the hoop conjecture. We find that the PBH abundance $β$ follows the scaling law $β\simeq A_γσ_h^{*5}$ for $σ_h^*\ll 1$. Here, $σ_h^*$ is the quantity that characterizes the variance of the density fluctuation at the horizon entry. We also find that, in contrast to the previous estimates, the PBH spin is very small for $σ_h^*\ll 1$ but could be larger for larger $σ_h^*$ and broader power spectra. Finally, specializing to a monochromatic power spectrum, we prove analytically that the PBH mass distribution becomes effectively monochromatic and reveal that the resultant PBH abundance is approximately 19 times the previous prediction.
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spellingShingle Primordial Black Hole Formation and Spin in Matter Domination Revisited
Ye, Weitao
Gong, Yungui
Harada, Tomohiro
Kang, Zhaofeng
Kohri, Kazunori
Saito, Daiki
Yoo, Chul-Moon
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
In this article, we calculate the mass distribution of primordial black holes (PBHs) formed in the matter-dominated (MD) era by the peak theory. We apply the Zel'dovich approximation to track the nonlinear evolution of overdensities and compute the PBH abundance and mass function by incorporating a PBH formation criterion based on the hoop conjecture. We find that the PBH abundance $β$ follows the scaling law $β\simeq A_γσ_h^{*5}$ for $σ_h^*\ll 1$. Here, $σ_h^*$ is the quantity that characterizes the variance of the density fluctuation at the horizon entry. We also find that, in contrast to the previous estimates, the PBH spin is very small for $σ_h^*\ll 1$ but could be larger for larger $σ_h^*$ and broader power spectra. Finally, specializing to a monochromatic power spectrum, we prove analytically that the PBH mass distribution becomes effectively monochromatic and reveal that the resultant PBH abundance is approximately 19 times the previous prediction.
title Primordial Black Hole Formation and Spin in Matter Domination Revisited
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10070