2 code implementations • 1 Feb 2021 • Alexander H. Nitz, Yi-Fan Wang
Sub-solar mass black holes are a signature of primordial origin black holes, which may be a component of dark matter.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
1 code implementation • 28 Jan 2021 • Yi-Fan Wang, Alexander H. Nitz
Alternatively, primordial black holes as dark matter could also form binaries in the late universe due to dynamical encounters and gravitational-wave braking.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
1 code implementation • 7 Jul 2020 • Alexander Harvey Nitz, Yi-Fan Wang
We present the first search for gravitational waves from the coalescence of stellar mass and sub-solar mass black holes with masses between $20 - 100~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ and $0. 01 - 1~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}~($10 - 10^3$~\mathrm{M}_{J})$, respectively.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology