The statistics of curvature-profile dispersion in primordial black hole formation

arXiv:2607.08738 · astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ph, hep-th · Submitted 2026-07-09 · Read on arXiv

Albert Escrivà

astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ph, hep-th

Submitted: 2026-07-09

Comments: 72 pages and 24 figures. v2: additional numerical results included, references added, and typos corrected

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Abundance — 97× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Non-Gaussianity — 28× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 4× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Primordial non-Gaussianity — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Initial Data — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Degeneracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Generalization — 2× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• pulsar timing arrays — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Apparent Horizon — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Domain Walls — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Physical Constraints — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes

Sources

• Primordial Black Holes - Perspectives in Gravitational Wave Astronomy -
• Constraints on Primordial Black Holes
• Primordial Black Holes as a dark matter candidate
• Primordial Black Holes
• Primordial black hole formation in the radiative era: investigation of the critical nature of the collapse
• Identifying the most crucial parameters of the initial curvature profile for primordial black hole formation
• Primordial black hole and wormhole formation by domain walls
• Primordial black hole formation by vacuum bubbles
• Simulation of primordial black hole formation using pseudo-spectral methods
• Threshold of Primordial Black Hole Formation in Nonspherical Collapse
• Primordial black hole formation from massless scalar isocurvature
• Simulation of Primordial Black Holes with large negative non-Gaussianity
• Primordial Black Hole Formation during a Strongly Coupled Crossover
• Simulations of PBH formation at the QCD epoch and comparison with the GWTC-3 catalog
• Formalism for Primordial Black Hole Formation in Spherical Symmetry
• Primordial black hole formation during the QCD phase transition: threshold, mass distribution and abundance
• Spinning primordial black holes formed during a matter-dominated era
• Primordial Black Holes and Induced Gravitational Waves from a Smooth Crossover beyond Standard Model
• Numerical simulation of type II primordial black hole formation
• Primordial black hole formation from a nonspherical density profile with a misaligned deformation tensor

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