Primordial black holes and scalar-induced gravitational waves from the perturbations on the inflaton potential in peak theory

Feb 13, 2023
12 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 107 (2023) 4, 043515
  • Published: Feb 13, 2023
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Abstract: (APS)
A perturbation on the background inflaton potential can lead inflation into the ultraslow-roll stage and can thus remarkably enhance the power spectrum PR(k) of the primordial curvature perturbation on small scales. Such an enhanced PR(k) will result in primordial black holes (PBHs), contributing a significant fraction of dark matter, and will simultaneously generate sizable scalar-induced gravitational waves (SIGWs) as a second-order effect. In this work, we calculate the PBH abundances fPBH(M) and SIGW spectra ΩGW(f) in peak theory. We obtain the PBHs with desirable abundances in one or two typical mass windows at 10-17M, 10-13M, and 30M, respectively. At the same time, the relevant SIGWs are expected to be observed by the next-generation gravitational wave detectors, without spoiling the current constraint. Especially, the SIGW associated with the PBH of 30M can also interpret the potential isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background from the NANOGrav 12.5-year dataset.
Note:
  • 22 pages, 6 figures
  • inflaton: potential
  • black hole: primordial
  • curvature: primordial
  • gravitational radiation: background
  • gravitational radiation: stochastic
  • curvature: perturbation
  • current: constraint
  • NANOGrav
  • dark matter
  • power spectrum