Could Primordial Black Holes Solve the Dark Matter Problem?

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Could Primordial Black Holes Solve the Dark Matter Problem Poster
Poster Session
A
Poster Number
10
Project Author(s)
Logan Scott Switzer*, Maria Ibrahimkhail
Institution
Pacific University
Project Description

The so-called "dark matter problem" is fundamentally a mass discrepancy. For many types of astrophysical systems, different ways of estimating total mass give different answers. This implies that either there is more mass than what is visible (hence the term “dark matter”), or that something is wrong with the understanding of gravity used to infer the distribution of invisible matter. In this project we surveyed a variety of possible solutions to the dark matter problem. In the end we chose to focus on primordial black holes (PBHs) as a particularly interesting possibility to explore. This presentation will discuss some of the observational reasons for a renewed interest in PBHs, along with scenarios for how they might have formed and how they might be detected.

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