[HTML][HTML] Observational evidence for primordial black holes: A positivist perspective

BJ Carr, S Clesse, J Garcia-Bellido, MRS Hawkins… - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
We review numerous arguments for primordial black holes (PBHs) based on observational
evidence from a variety of lensing, dynamical, accretion and gravitational-wave effects. This …

Primordial black holes and their gravitational-wave signatures

E Bagui, S Clesse, V De Luca, JM Ezquiaga… - Living Reviews in …, 2025 - Springer
In the recent years, primordial black holes (PBHs) have emerged as one of the most
interesting and hotly debated topics in cosmology. Among other possibilities, PBHs could …

GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
The third Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) describes signals detected with
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo up to the end of their third observing run. Updating the …

GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The second Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog, GWTC-2, reported on 39 compact binary
coalescences observed by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors between 1 …

4-OGC: Catalog of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers

AH Nitz, S Kumar, YF Wang, S Kastha… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the fourth Open Gravitational-wave Catalog (4-OGC) of binary neutron star
(BNS), binary black hole (BBH), and neutron star–black hole (NSBH) mergers. The catalog …

3-OGC: Catalog of gravitational waves from compact-binary mergers

AH Nitz, CD Capano, S Kumar, YF Wang… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the third open gravitational-wave catalog (3-OGC) of compact-binary
coalescences, based on the analysis of the public LIGO and Virgo data from 2015 through …

Detection of early-universe gravitational-wave signatures and fundamental physics

R Caldwell, Y Cui, HK Guo, V Mandic, A Mariotti… - General relativity and …, 2022 - Springer
Detection of a gravitational-wave signal of non-astrophysical origin would be a landmark
discovery, potentially providing a significant clue to some of our most basic, big-picture …

Search for subsolar-mass black hole binaries in the second part of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run

LVK collaboration - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We describe a search for gravitational waves from compact binaries with at least one
component with mass–and mass ratio q≥ 0.1 in Advanced Laser Interferometer …

Near future MeV telescopes can discover asteroid-mass primordial black hole dark matter

A Ray, R Laha, JB Muñoz, R Caputo - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Primordial black holes (PBHs), formed out of large overdensities in the early Universe, are a
viable dark matter (DM) candidate over a broad range of masses. Ultralight, asteroid-mass …

Gravitational wave constraints on planetary-mass primordial black holes using LIGO O3a data

AL Miller, N Aggarwal, S Clesse, F De Lillo… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Gravitational waves from subsolar mass inspiraling compact objects would provide almost
smoking-gun evidence for primordial black holes (PBHs). We perform the first search for …