Primordial black holes and associated gravitational waves in axion monodromy inflation
| Autor: | Kin-Wang Ng, Shu Lin Cheng, Wolung Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
High Energy Physics - Theory
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena FOS: Physical sciences Primordial black hole Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Parameter space 01 natural sciences High Energy Physics::Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) Pulsar Non-Gaussianity 0103 physical sciences 010306 general physics Axion Physics 010308 nuclear & particles physics Gravitational wave High Energy Physics::Phenomenology Astronomy and Astrophysics Massless particle High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) Monodromy Quantum electrodynamics Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2018:001-001 |
| ISSN: | 1475-7516 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1475-7516/2018/07/001 |
| Popis: | In the axion monodromy inflation, the inflation is driven by the axion with super-Planckian field values in a monomial potential with superimposed sinusoidal modulations. The coupling of the axion to massless gauge fields can induce copious particle production during inflation, resulting in large non-Gaussian curvature perturbation that leads to the formation of primordial black holes. In this paper, we explore the parameter space in the axion monodromy inflation model that favors the formation of primordial black holes with masses ranging from $10^8$ grams to $20$ solar masses. We also study the associated gravitational waves and their detection in pulsar timing arrays and interferometry experiments. 13 figures, matches the publicized version |
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