Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-08-30
Astrophys.J.665:1277-1287,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/518998
We discuss the possibilities for primordial black holes (PBHs) to grow via the accretion of dark matter. In agreement with previous works, we find that accretion during the radiation-dominated era does not lead to a significant mass increase. However, during matter-domination, PBHs may grow by up to two orders of magnitude in mass through the acquisition of large dark matter halos. We discuss the possibility of PBHs being an important component in dark matter halos of galaxies as well as their potential to explain the ultra-luminous x-ray sources (ULXs) observed in nearby galactic disks. We point out that although PBHs are ruled out as the dominant component of dark matter, there is still a great deal of parameter space open to them playing a role in the modern-day universe. For example, a primordial halo population of PBHs each at $10^{2.5} M_\odot$ making up 0.1% of the dark matter grow to $10^{4.5} M_\odot$ via the accumulation of dark matter halos to account for $\sim 10%$ of the dark matter mass by a redshift of $z \approx 30$. These intermediate mass black holes may then ``light up'' when passing through molecular clouds, becoming visible as ULXs at the present day, or they may form the seeds for supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
Mack Katherine J.
Ostriker Jeremiah P.
Ricotti Massimo
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