Introduction to Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter Lecture 1
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Very Exciting Times for Black Holes!
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Very Exciting Times for Primordial Black Holes!
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Ingredients of the Standard Model of Cosmology
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History of the ACDM Universe
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Precision Cosmology
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Motivation: The Ongoing Search for Dark Matter
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Motivation: Detection of Merging Black Holes
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What's the Status with Current Observations?
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Searching for PBH Dark Matter
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Outline
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PBH Formation: Rough Numbers
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PBH Formation: Loopy ideas aside...
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PBH Formation: Collapse of Density Perturbations
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PBH Formation: Abundance
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PBH Formation: Mass to Scale Relation
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PBH Formation: Inflation Models
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PBH Formation: The Mass Function
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Motivation: 1st Detection of Gravitational Waves
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Indirect detection: GWs from PBH Binary Mergers
Description:
Explore the fascinating world of primordial black hole dark matter in this comprehensive lecture by Ely D. Kovetz. Delve into the exciting developments in black hole research, the ingredients of the standard model of cosmology, and the ongoing search for dark matter. Learn about the formation of primordial black holes, including collapse of density perturbations, abundance, mass-to-scale relation, and inflation models. Discover the connection between gravitational wave detection and primordial black hole binary mergers. Gain insights into the current status of observations and the search for primordial black hole dark matter in this hour-long presentation from the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences.
Introduction to Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter - Lecture 1