http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.00457
We model the accretion of gas on to a population of massive primordial black holes in the Milky Way, and compare the predicted radio and X-ray emission with observational data. We show that under conservative assumptions on the accretion process, the possibility that ${\cal O}(10) \, M_\odot$ primordial black holes can account for all of the dark matter in the Milky Way is excluded at $4\sigma$ by a comparison with the VLA radio catalog at 1.4 GHz, and at more than $5\sigma$ by a comparison with the NuSTAR X-ray catalog (10 – 40 keV). We also propose a new strategy to identify such a population of primordial black holes with more sensitive future radio and X-ray surveys.
D. Gaggero, G. Bertone, F. Calore, et. al.
Mon, 5 Dec 16
48/61
Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures