Heavy black hole seeds from domain-wall fluctuations in a first-order cosmological phase transition

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Authors: Sergey Prozorov
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Abstract

This project presents a microphysical mechanism for the formation of heavy primordial black hole seeds (M ~ 10^4-10^6 Msun) from energy-density fluctuations in domain-wall networks during a first-order cosmological phase transition at T ~ 10^4-10^6 GeV. The mechanism naturally produces a broad lognormal seed mass function (sigma_log M ~ 1.1-1.5), contrasting with phenomenological narrow-sigma models and providing testable predictions for high-redshift supermassive black holes observed by JWST, Roman Space Telescope, and LISA. Contains: manuscript (.tex, .bib), compiled PDF, figures, Monte Carlo code, and supplementary documentation.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Galaxies: Formation Evolution Phenomena Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

Publication details

Journal / source
Open Science Framework
Publication date
1 January 2026