scholarly journals Primordial intermediate mass black holes as dark matter

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (36) ◽  
pp. 2044028
Author(s):  
Paul H. Frampton

Among particle theory candidates for the dark matter constituents. Axions and WIMPs are the most popular. In this paper, we discuss these then focus on our preferred astrophysical candidate, the Primordial Intermediate Mass Black Holes in the acronym DM[Formula: see text]=[Formula: see text]PIMBHs. The earliest experimental confirmation may come from microlensing of the Magellanic Clouds at the LSST 8 m telescope in the mid-2020s, or possibly a few years earlier in 2021 from work being pursued, using DECam data from the smaller Blanco 4 m telescope, at LLNL.

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 105016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianfranco Bertone ◽  
Mattia Fornasa ◽  
Marco Taoso ◽  
Andrew R Zentner

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (19) ◽  
pp. 1730013
Author(s):  
Paul H. Frampton

We discuss the hypothesis that the constituents of dark matter in the galactic halo are primordial intermediate-mass black holes (PIMBHs). The status of axions and weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) is discussed, as are the methods for detecting PIMBHs with emphasis on microlensing. The role of the angular momentum [Formula: see text] of the PIMBHs in their escaping previous detection is considered.


2008 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Aharonian ◽  
A. G. Akhperjanian ◽  
U. Barres de Almeida ◽  
A. R. Bazer-Bachi ◽  
B. Behera ◽  
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