# Constraints on Primordial Black Holes with Extended Mass Functions

## TL;DR

This paper reevaluates constraints on primordial black holes considering extended mass functions, revealing that certain mass ranges could still account for all dark matter, emphasizing the need for updated constraints.

## Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive reevaluation of PBH constraints for extended mass functions, highlighting potential dark matter candidates in previously constrained mass ranges.

## Key findings

- PBHs in the mass range 10^{-10} to 10^{-8} solar masses could make up all dark matter
- Most constraints are tighter for monochromatic mass functions than extended ones
- A need for more constraints in the allowed mass range

## Abstract

Constraints on primordial black holes in the range $10^{-18} M_{\odot}$ to $10^{3} M_{\odot}$ are reevaluated for a general class of extended mass functions. Whereas previous work has assumed that PBHs are produced with one single mass, instead there is expected to be a range of masses even in the case of production from a single mechanism; constraints therefore change from previous literature. Although tightly constrained in the majority of cases, it is shown that, even under conservative assumptions, primordial black holes in the mass range $10^{-10} M_{\odot}$ to $10^{-8} M_{\odot}$ could still constitute the entirety of the dark matter. This stresses both the importance for a comprehensive reevaluation of all respective constraints that have previously been evaluated only for a monochromatic mass function, and the need to obtain more constraints in the allowed mass range.