New Horizons in Primordial Black Hole physics (NEHOP) -- '24

Dark Matter, Black Holes and Phase Transitions

20 Jun 2024, 10:10

20m

National Galleries of Scotland

Session 13

Speaker

Michael Baker (UMass Amherst)

Description

Phase transitions can have a dramatic impact on physics in the early universe. We illustrate this by discussing a novel mechanism of dark matter production and a related novel mechanism of primordial black hole production, both of which hinge on cosmological phase transitions.

Presentation materials

baker.pdf