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Light Scalar Fields Foster Production of Primordial Black Holes

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arxiv 2504.13251 v1 pith:2HVWAQ75 submitted 2025-04-17 astro-ph.CO gr-qchep-phhep-th

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Scalar fields are ubiquitous in theories of high-energy physics. In the context of cosmic inflation, this suggests the existence of spectator fields, which provide a subdominant source of energy density. We show that spectator fields boost the inflationary production of primordial black holes, with single-field ultra-slow roll evolution supplanted by a phase of evolution along the spectator direction, and primordial perturbations amplified by the resulting multifield dynamics. This generic mechanism is largely free from the severe fine-tuning that afflicts single-field inflationary PBH models.

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