Constraining the local burst rate density of primordial black holes with HAWC

Albert A, Alfaro R, Alvarez C, Arteaga-Velázquez JC, Arunbabu KP, Rojas DA, Solares HA, Baghmanyan V, Belmont-Moreno E, Benzvi SY, Brisbois C, Caballero-Mora KS, Capistrán T, Carramiñana A, Casanova S, Cotti U, Cotzomi J, Fuente EDl, De León C, Dingus BL, Duvernois MA, Díaz-Vélez JC, Ellsworth RW, Engel KL, Espinoza C, Fleischhack H, Fraija N, Galván-Gámez A, García-González JA, Garfias F, González MM, Goodman JA, Harding JP, Hernandez S, Hona B, Huang D, Hueyotl-Zahuantitla F, Hüntemeyer P, Iriarte A, Joshi V, Lara A, Lee WH, Vargas HL, Linnemann JT, Longinotti AL, Luis-Raya G, Lundeen J, López-Coto R, Malone K, Marinelli SS, Martinez O, Martinez-Castellanos I, Martínez-Castro J, Martínez-Huerta H, Matthews JA, Miranda-Romagnoli P, Morales-Soto JA, Moreno E, Mostafá M, Nayerhoda A, Nellen L, Newbold M, Nisa MU, Noriega-Papaqui R, Peisker A, Pérez-Pérez EG, Rho CD, Rivi re C, Rosa-González D, Rosenberg M, Salazar H, Greus FS, Sandoval A, Schneider M, Sinnis G, Smith AJ, Springer RW, Tabachnick E, Tanner M, Tibolla O, Tollefson K, Torres I, Torres-Escobedo R, Weisgarber T, Wood J, Zepeda A, Zhou H (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Book Volume: 2020

Article Number: 026

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/04/026

Abstract

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) may have been created by density fluctuations in the early Universe and could be as massive as > 10⁹ solar masses or as small as the Planck mass. It has been postulated that a black hole has a temperature inversely-proportional to its mass and will thermally emit all species of fundamental particles via Hawking Radiation. PBHs with initial masses of ∼ 5 × 10¹⁴ g (approximately one gigaton) should be expiring today with bursts of high-energy gamma radiation in the GeV-TeV energy range. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is sensitive to gamma rays with energies of ∼300 GeV to past 100 TeV, which corresponds to the high end of the PBH burst spectrum. With its large instantaneous field-of-view of ∼ 2 sr and a duty cycle over 95%, the HAWC Observatory is well suited to perform an all-sky search for PBH bursts. We conducted a search using 959 days of HAWC data and exclude the local PBH burst rate density above 3400 pc^-3 yr^-1 at 99% confidence, the strongest limit on the local PBH burst rate density from any existing electromagnetic measurement.

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Michigan Technological University United States (USA) (US) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) / Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla Mexico (MX) Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) United States (USA) (US) Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences / Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk Poland (PL) National Autonomous University of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico (MX) Michigan State University United States (USA) (US) University of Maryland United States (USA) (US) Los Alamos National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH) Mexico (MX) Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) Mexico (MX) University of Rochester (UR) United States (USA) (US) National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics / Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) Mexico (MX) Universidad de Guadalajara (UDEG) Mexico (MX) University of Wisconsin - Madison United States (USA) (US) Universidad Politécnica de Pachuca (UPP) Mexico (MX) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico / Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México Mexico (MX) University of São Paulo / Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Brazil (BR) University of New Mexico (UNM) / Universidad de Nuevo México United States (USA) (US) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) California University of Pennsylvania United States (USA) (US) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute / Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN) Mexico (MX)

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APA:

Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Arteaga-Velázquez, J.C., Arunbabu, K.P., Rojas, D.A.,... Zhou, H. (2020). Constraining the local burst rate density of primordial black holes with HAWC. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/04/026

MLA:

Albert, A., et al. "Constraining the local burst rate density of primordial black holes with HAWC." Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2020.4 (2020).

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