On primordial black holes and secondary gravitational waves generated from inflation with solo/multi-bumpy potential
Abstract
It is well known that a primordial black hole (PBH) can be generated in the inflation process of the early universe, especially when the inflation field has a number of non-trivial features that could break the slow-roll condition. In this study, we investigate a toy model of inflation with bumpy potential, which has one or several bumps. We determined that the potential with multi-bump can generate power spectra with multi-peaks in small-scale region, which can in turn predict the generation of primordial black holes in various mass ranges. We also consider the two possibilities of PBH formation by spherical and elliptical collapses. Finally, we discuss the scalar-induced gravitational waves (SIGWs) generated by linear scalar perturbations at second-order. *Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11653002, 11875141), partially the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Innovation Funded Projects) (2020CXZZ105)
- Publication:
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Chinese Physics C
- Pub Date:
- April 2022
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1674-1137/ac42bd
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2106.04303
- Bibcode:
- 2022ChPhC..46d5103Z
- Keywords:
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- primordial black hole;
- scalar-induced gravitational waves;
- dark matter;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 17 pages, 7 figures