Speaker
Misao Sasaki
(Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU))
Description
In addition to the traditional method of using micro- lensing, the rapid progress in gravitational wave astrophysics/cosmology has made projections of detecting signatures of PBHs quite feasible. Parallel to it, various models of inflation that produce PBHs have been proposed. In this talk I'll review the PBH formation from inflation, focusing on some recently-found novel mechanisms that lead to it.
