Stochastic evolution of primordial black holes to near-extremality in EFTs of gravity
īThe search for dark matter candidates includes primordial black holes (PBHs) as possible constituents. Recent studies show that some PBHs can survive to the present epoch by gaining angular momentum through Hawking radiation of photons and becoming extremal before complete evaporation. While this provides a plausible model in a two-derivative theory of gravity, additional issues arise in effective field theory (EFT)-corrected theories of gravity. In such theories, a rapidly spinning black hole can lead to extremely high tidal forces on a near-horizon observer, with possible observational consequences. In this work, by modeling Hawking radiation as a biased random walk within an EFT of gravity, we show that nearly the same fraction of PBHs survives as in Einstein's two-derivative theory of gravity. We argue that the resultant near-horizon tidal effects should be detectable in future gravitational-wave observables.
展开 ▾引力有效场论中原始黑洞到近极端态的随机演化 · 本文在引力有效场论中将霍金辐射建模为有偏随机游走,发现原始黑洞幸存比例与标准引力理论相近,并预测近地平线潮汐效应在未来引力波观测中可探测。
预印本 2026-02-25 · 刊出 2026-07-14 · 收录 2026-07-27