by Lucas Brown | Dec 28, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries
If extremely low-mass primordial black holes are lurking in our galaxy, they should glow white hot with Hawking radiation. Today’s authors explore whether we can use this fact to tease out their presence.
by Lucas Brown | Oct 24, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries
Today’s paper explores how we can use simulations of stellar populations to rapidly estimate the identity of the lensing object in a microlensing event.
by Lucas Brown | Sep 12, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries
If primordial black holes exist, one place we might find them is in binary systems with other objects like planets or asteroids. Today’s paper explores how common these systems might be and the various ways we might go about finding them.
by Lucas Brown | May 31, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries, PRJ
The origin of dim supernovae known as Ca-rich transients is still not well-understood. Could it be that these rare events are set off by an encounter between a white dwarf and a primordial black hole?
by Lucas Brown | Jan 20, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries, PRJ
In today’s paper, a unique gravitational wave event is re-examined as the possible origin of an AGN flare. What are the odds?