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A Light in the Dark: Looking for Bright Black Holes as Dark Matter

A Light in the Dark: Looking for Bright Black Holes as Dark Matter

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.

Rapid Microlensing Classification: A Lonely SOBH Story

Rapid Microlensing Classification: A Lonely SOBH Story

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.

That’s No Moon! The Search for Black Hole Asteroids, Stars, and Planets

That’s No Moon! The Search for Black Hole Asteroids, Stars, and Planets

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.

Black Hole, Why Don’t You Come Over? White Dwarf Supernova!

Black Hole, Why Don’t You Come Over? White Dwarf Supernova!

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?

Black Holes All the Way Down: New Multimessenger Evidence for a Binary Black Hole Merger Within an Active Galactic Nucleus

Black Holes All the Way Down: New Multimessenger Evidence for a Binary Black Hole Merger Within an Active Galactic Nucleus

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?

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