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