Hunting dark matter with the Einstein Telescope
Too light primordial black holes evaporate and are therefore strongly constrained by various bounds, e.g. Cosmic Microwave Background distortion. However, if they are formed strongly clustered, the corresponding haloes may collapse in heavier black holes which may form the entirety of the dark matter of the universe. The indirect signal of such scenario is the production of a flat stochastic background of gravitational waves which is detectable by the Einstein Telescope.
Authors
- Michele Maggiore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-047X)
- Niccolò Muttoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4214-2344)
- Antonio Walter Riotto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6948-0856)
- A. J. Iovino
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2026-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/vpk9-d7rz
- Primary Topic
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- New York University Abu Dhabi
- National Centres of Competence in Research SwissMAP
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Université de Genève
- Tamkeen