Primordial black holes in excursion set theory: Formation probabilities, mass functions, and window functions
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| author | Iizuka, Hayami Saito, Daiki Tokeshi, Koki |
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| contents | We study the mass function of primordial black holes (PBHs) within the excursion-set theory, in which the response of the stochastic density contrast to the variation of the coarse-graining scale is described by colored noises. For several window functions often used in the literature, we investigate how this choice affects the formation probability as well as the resultant mass function of PBHs. It is found that the low-mass tail of the mass function differs from the one predicted from Carr's formula. The difference comes from the prevalence of correlated noises, by which degeneracy of the formation probabilities ceases to exist. Nevertheless, Carr's formula still provides a practical estimation in the vicinity of the characteristic mass scale, as long as a smooth window function in Fourier space is used. |
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| spellingShingle | Primordial black holes in excursion set theory: Formation probabilities, mass functions, and window functions Iizuka, Hayami Saito, Daiki Tokeshi, Koki Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology We study the mass function of primordial black holes (PBHs) within the excursion-set theory, in which the response of the stochastic density contrast to the variation of the coarse-graining scale is described by colored noises. For several window functions often used in the literature, we investigate how this choice affects the formation probability as well as the resultant mass function of PBHs. It is found that the low-mass tail of the mass function differs from the one predicted from Carr's formula. The difference comes from the prevalence of correlated noises, by which degeneracy of the formation probabilities ceases to exist. Nevertheless, Carr's formula still provides a practical estimation in the vicinity of the characteristic mass scale, as long as a smooth window function in Fourier space is used. |
| title | Primordial black holes in excursion set theory: Formation probabilities, mass functions, and window functions |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22789 |