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Positrons from Primordial Black Hole Microquasars and Gamma-ray Bursts

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arxiv 1710.09458 v2 pith:NL5RUMWV submitted 2017-10-25 astro-ph.HE astro-ph.COhep-ph

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keywords blackburstsgamma-raymicroquasarspbhspositronsprimordialstars
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We propose several novel scenarios how capture of small sublunar-mass primordial black holes (PBHs) by compact stars, white dwarfs or neutron stars, can lead to distinct short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs) as well as microquasars (MQs). In addition to providing new signatures, relativistic jets from these systems will accelerate positrons to high energies. We find that if PBHs constitute a sizable fraction of DM, they can significantly contribute to the excess observed in the positron flux by the Pamela, the AMS-02 and the Fermi-LAT experiments. Our proposal combines the beneficial features of astrophysical sources and dark matter.

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    astro-ph.HE 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 4.0 of 10

    PBH-triggered SN Ia models across metallicities match some observed light curves and remnants, constrain the explosion channel fraction via chemical evolution modeling, and indicate PBHs as a potentially major early-u...

  2. New Venues in Formation and Detection for Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter

    astro-ph.CO 2019-08 conditional novelty 2.0 of 10

    Primordial black holes from scalar-field fragmentation could populate the sub-lunar mass window and be detected through their destruction of compact stars.

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