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Method to Incorporate Black Hole Effects on the Power Spectrum in 3+1 Schwarzschild-de Sitter Spacetime

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Abstract

The presence of primordial black holes during the inflationary epoch could introduce deviations from the standard power spectrum, which might lead to observable signatures in the cosmic microwave background. A method to compute the power spectrum in Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime is given. This spacetime is an exact solution to the vacuum Einstein equations in the presence of a positive cosmological constant consisting of an eternal black hole immersed in an exponentially expanding universe. As usual, the power spectrum is computed using a massless minimally coupled scalar field. In order to incorporate black hole evaporation effects, the Unruh state is considered.

Presenters

  • Ian Marshall Newsome

    Wake Forest University

Authors

  • Ian Marshall Newsome

    Wake Forest University

  • Silvia Pla

    Technische Universitat Munchen

  • Paul R Anderson

    Wake Forest University