Recent observations have granted to us two unique insights into the early Universe: the presence of a low-frequency stochastic gravitational wave background detected by the NANOGrav and Pulsar Timing Array (PTA) experiments and the emergence of unusually massive galaxy candidates at high redshifts reported by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). In this paper, we consider the possibility that both observations have a common origin, namely primordial black holes (PBHs) in the mass range between 106M circle dot and 1013M circle dot. While superheavy PBHs act as seeds for accelerated galaxy formation capable of explaining the JWST extreme galaxies, they can also form binary mergers that source gravitational waves which can be potentially identified as the PTA signal. The analysis is performed taking into account the constraints on the relevant region of the PBH parameter space including the novel bound imposed by the ultraviolet luminosity function of galaxies observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. We conclude that PTA's and JWST's interpretations in terms of PBH binary mergers and Poissonian gas of PBHs, respectively, are strongly excluded.
Scrutinizing the primordial black hole interpretation of PTA gravitational waves and JWST early galaxies / Gouttenoire, Yann; Trifinopoulos, Sokratis; Valogiannis, Georgios; Vanvlasselaer, Miguel. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 109:12(2024), pp. 1-14. [10.1103/physrevd.109.123002]
Scrutinizing the primordial black hole interpretation of PTA gravitational waves and JWST early galaxies
Valogiannis, Georgios;Vanvlasselaer, Miguel
2024-01-01
Abstract
Recent observations have granted to us two unique insights into the early Universe: the presence of a low-frequency stochastic gravitational wave background detected by the NANOGrav and Pulsar Timing Array (PTA) experiments and the emergence of unusually massive galaxy candidates at high redshifts reported by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). In this paper, we consider the possibility that both observations have a common origin, namely primordial black holes (PBHs) in the mass range between 106M circle dot and 1013M circle dot. While superheavy PBHs act as seeds for accelerated galaxy formation capable of explaining the JWST extreme galaxies, they can also form binary mergers that source gravitational waves which can be potentially identified as the PTA signal. The analysis is performed taking into account the constraints on the relevant region of the PBH parameter space including the novel bound imposed by the ultraviolet luminosity function of galaxies observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. We conclude that PTA's and JWST's interpretations in terms of PBH binary mergers and Poissonian gas of PBHs, respectively, are strongly excluded.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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