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WIMPs and stellar-mass primordial black holes are incompatible

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posted on 2023-06-12, 09:09 authored by Julian Adamek, Christian ByrnesChristian Byrnes, Mateja Gosenca, Shaun Hotchkiss
We recently showed that postulated ultracompact minihalos with a steep density pro?le do not form in realistic simulations with enhanced initial perturbations. In this paper we assume that a small fraction of the dark matter consists of primordial black holes (PBHs) and simulate the formation of structures around them. We ?nd that in this scenario halos with steep density pro?les do form, consistent with theoretical predictions. If the rest of the dark matter consists of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), we also show that WIMPs in the dense innermost part of halos surrounding the PBH would annihilate and produce a detectable gamma-ray signal. The non-detection of this signal implies that PBHs make up at most one billionth of the dark matter, provided that their mass is greater than one millionth of the mass of the Sun. Similarly, a detection of PBHs would imply that the remaining dark matter could not be WIMPs.

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University of Sussex Astronomy Consolidated Grant 2017-2020; G2050; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/P000525/1

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Journal

Journal of High Energy Physics

ISSN

2470-0010

Publisher

American Physical Society

Issue

2

Volume

100

Page range

1-11

Article number

a023506

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Astronomy Centre Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-07-02

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-07-24

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-07-01

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