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TY - JOUR
T1 - Forming sub-horizon black holes at the end of inflation
AU - Lyth, D. H.
AU - Malik, K. A.
AU - Sasaki, M.
AU - Zaballa, I.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Previous authors have calculated the mass function of primordial black holes only on scales which are well outside the horizon at the end of inflation. Here we extend the calculation to sub-horizon scales, on which the density perturbation never becomes classical. Regarding the formation of black holes as a 'measurement' of the (high peaks) of the density perturbation, we estimate a mass function by assuming that black holes form as soon as inflation ends, in those rare regions where the Bardeen potential exceeds a threshold value of Ψc simeq 0.5.
AB - Previous authors have calculated the mass function of primordial black holes only on scales which are well outside the horizon at the end of inflation. Here we extend the calculation to sub-horizon scales, on which the density perturbation never becomes classical. Regarding the formation of black holes as a 'measurement' of the (high peaks) of the density perturbation, we estimate a mass function by assuming that black holes form as soon as inflation ends, in those rare regions where the Bardeen potential exceeds a threshold value of Ψc simeq 0.5.
KW - cosmological perturbation theory
KW - inflation
U2 - 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/01/011
DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/01/011
M3 - Journal article
JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
JF - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
ER -