Quantum Oppenheimer-Snyder primordial black holes as all the dark matter

TL;DR

This paper explores quantum-corrected Oppenheimer-Snyder primordial black holes as dark matter candidates, showing they have different emission properties that relax gamma-ray constraints and expand the viable mass range.

Contribution

It introduces quantum corrections to PBH models, demonstrating their impact on Hawking radiation and dark matter viability beyond classical Schwarzschild or Kerr black holes.

Findings

Quantum Oppenheimer-Snyder PBHs have lower Hawking radiation emission.

These PBHs relax gamma-ray observational constraints.

The allowed mass window for PBHs as dark matter is broadened.

Abstract

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are widely considered as candidates for dark matter in many recent studies, and they are often modeled as Schwarzschild or Kerr black holes (BHs), which have curvature singularities. Nevertheless, resolving the classical singularity may require quantum gravity motivated corrections, thereby yielding an effective quantum corrected BH spacetime geometry different from the Schwarzschild or Kerr cases. Therefore, it is well motivated to consider BHs beyond the Schwarzschild or Kerr as viable PBH candidates. Based on these considerations, we investigate quantum Oppenheimer Snyder BHs as PBHs which could account for all the dark matter. Our results show that these BHs have temperatures and greybody factors markedly different from the Schwarzschild case, suppressing Hawking emission and thereby relaxing the $\gamma$-ray constraints from HEAO-1, COMPTEL, and EGRET, which, relative to the Schwarzschild case, broadens the allowed PBH mass window in the asteroid-mass range where PBHs can constitute all of the dark matter.