Search for the evaporation of primordial black holes with H.E.S.S.

Aharonian F, Ait Benkhali F, Aschersleben J, Böttcher M, Backes M, Barbosa Martins V, Batzofin R, Becherini Y, Berge D, Bi B, Boisson C, Bolmont J, De Bony De Lavergne M, Borowska J, Bradascio F, Brose R, Brun F, Bruno B, Bulik T, Burger-Scheidlin C, Caroff S, Casanova S, Celic J, Cerruti M, Chand T, Chen A, Chibueze O, Cotter G, Damascene Mbarubucyeye J, Djannati-Ataï A, Egberts K, van Eldik C, Ernenwein JP, Füßling M, Fiasson A, Fichet De Clairfontaine G, Fontaine G, Gabici S, Ghafourizadeh S, Giavitto G, Glawion D, Glicenstein JF, Grolleron G, Grondin MH, Haerer L, Haupt M, Hinton JA, Hofmann W, Holler M, Horns D, Huang ZQ, Jamrozy M, Jankowsky F, Joshi V, Jung-Richardt I, Kasai E, Katarzyński K, Khélifi B, Klepser S, Kluźniak W, Komin N, Kosack K, Kostunin D, Holch TL, Guedes Lang R, Le Stum S, Leitl F, Lemière A, Lenain JP, Leuschner F, Lohse T, Luashvili A, Lypova I, Mackey J, Malyshev D, Marandon V, Marchegiani P, Marinos P, Martí-Devesa G, Marx R, Mitchell A, Moderski R, Mohrmann L, Montanari A, Moulin E, Muller J, Nakashima K, De Naurois M, Niemiec J, O'Brien P, Ohm S, Olivera-Nieto L, De Ona Wilhelmi E, Ostrowski M, Pühlhofer G, Panny S, Panter M, Parsons RD, Peron G, Priyana Noel A, Prokhorov DA, Prokoph H, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Reichherzer P, Reimer O, Rieger F, Rowell G, Rudak B, Rueda Ricarte H, Sahakian V, Salzmann H, Sanchez DA, Santangelo A, Sasaki M, Schutte HM, Schwanke U, Shapopi JN, Sol H, Specovius A, Spencer S, Stawarz , Steenkamp R, Steinmassl S, Steppa C, Sushch I, Suzuki H, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Tavernier T, Thorpe-Morgan C, Tsuji N, Uchiyama Y, Vecchi M, Veh J, Venter C, Vink J, Wagner SJ, White R, Wierzcholska A, Wong YW, Zacharias M, Zargaryan D, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zouari S, Zywucka N (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

Book Volume: 2023

Article Number: 040

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2023/04/040

Abstract

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are hypothetical black holes predicted to have been formed from density fluctuations in the early Universe. PBHs with an initial mass around 1014-1015 g are expected to end their evaporation at present times in a burst of particles and very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. Those gamma rays may be detectable by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. This paper reports on the search for evaporation bursts of VHE gamma rays with H.E.S.S., ranging from 10 to 120 seconds, as expected from the final stage of PBH evaporation and using a total of 4816 hours of observations. The most constraining upper limit on the burst rate of local PBHs is 2000 pc-3 yr-1 for a burst interval of 120 seconds, at the 95% confidence level. The implication of these measurements for PBH dark matter are also discussed.

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Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany (DE) Konan University / 甲南大学 Japan (JP) Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH) / Laboratory of the Universe and Theories France (FR) Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) Ireland (IE) Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'univers (IRFU) France (FR) Jagiellonian University / Uniwersytet Jagielloński (UJ) Poland (PL) Sorbonne Université France (FR) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany (DE) Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck / University of Innsbruck Austria (AT) Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) / Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu (UMK) Poland (PL) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Germany (DE) Riken Institute of Physical and Chemical Research / 理化学研究所 Japan (JP) Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR) France (FR) Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poland (PL) Université Paris-Sud France (FR) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany (DE) University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) South Africa (ZA) University of Adelaide Australia (AU) Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI) / Երևանի Ֆիզիկայի Ինստիտուտ Armenia (AM) University of Tokyo Japan (JP) Universität Potsdam Germany (DE) University of Namibia (UNAM) Namibia (NA) Universität Hamburg (UHH) Germany (DE) University of Amsterdam Netherlands (NL) Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences / Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk Poland (PL) Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3) France (FR) Noordwes-Universiteit / North-West University South Africa (ZA) University of Warsaw / Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland (PL) University of Savoy Mont Blanc / Université Savoie Mont Blanc France (FR) University of Oxford United Kingdom (GB) Université de Bordeaux France (FR) University of Leicester United Kingdom (GB) Rikkyo University / 立教大学 Japan (JP)

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APA:

Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Aschersleben, J., Böttcher, M., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V.,... Zywucka, N. (2023). Search for the evaporation of primordial black holes with H.E.S.S. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2023(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2023/04/040

MLA:

Aharonian, F., et al. "Search for the evaporation of primordial black holes with H.E.S.S." Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2023.4 (2023).

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