Constraining primordial black hole abundance with the Galactic 511 keV
line
W. DeRocco, and P. Graham. (2019)cite arxiv:1906.07740Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures.
Abstract
Models in which dark matter consists entirely of primordial black holes
(PBHs) with masses around $10^17$ g are currently unconstrained. However, if
PBHs are a component of the Galactic dark matter density, they will inject a
large flux of energetic particles into the Galaxy as they radiate. Positrons
produced by these black holes will subsequently propagate throughout the Galaxy
and annihilate, contributing to the Galactic 511 keV line. Using measurements
of this line by SPI/INTEGRAL as a constraint on PBH positron injection, we
place new limits on PBH abundance in the mass range $10^16 - 10^17$ g,
ruling out models in which these PBHs constitute the entirety of dark matter.
Description
Constraining primordial black hole abundance with the Galactic 511 keV line
%0 Generic
%1 derocco2019constraining
%A DeRocco, William
%A Graham, Peter W.
%D 2019
%K tifr
%T Constraining primordial black hole abundance with the Galactic 511 keV
line
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07740
%X Models in which dark matter consists entirely of primordial black holes
(PBHs) with masses around $10^17$ g are currently unconstrained. However, if
PBHs are a component of the Galactic dark matter density, they will inject a
large flux of energetic particles into the Galaxy as they radiate. Positrons
produced by these black holes will subsequently propagate throughout the Galaxy
and annihilate, contributing to the Galactic 511 keV line. Using measurements
of this line by SPI/INTEGRAL as a constraint on PBH positron injection, we
place new limits on PBH abundance in the mass range $10^16 - 10^17$ g,
ruling out models in which these PBHs constitute the entirety of dark matter.
@misc{derocco2019constraining,
abstract = {Models in which dark matter consists entirely of primordial black holes
(PBHs) with masses around $10^{17}$ g are currently unconstrained. However, if
PBHs are a component of the Galactic dark matter density, they will inject a
large flux of energetic particles into the Galaxy as they radiate. Positrons
produced by these black holes will subsequently propagate throughout the Galaxy
and annihilate, contributing to the Galactic 511 keV line. Using measurements
of this line by SPI/INTEGRAL as a constraint on PBH positron injection, we
place new limits on PBH abundance in the mass range $10^{16} - 10^{17}$ g,
ruling out models in which these PBHs constitute the entirety of dark matter.},
added-at = {2019-06-20T06:19:39.000+0200},
author = {DeRocco, William and Graham, Peter W.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cbcf252c014dae1dae987867158cac0d/citekhatri},
description = {Constraining primordial black hole abundance with the Galactic 511 keV line},
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note = {cite arxiv:1906.07740Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures},
timestamp = {2019-06-20T06:19:39.000+0200},
title = {Constraining primordial black hole abundance with the Galactic 511 keV
line},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07740},
year = 2019
}