GAMMA-RAYS AND ENERGETIC PARTICLES FROM PRIMORDIAL BLACK-HOLES

被引:123
作者
HALZEN, F
ZAS, E
MACGIBBON, JH
WEEKES, TC
机构
[1] NASA,GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR,GREENBELT,MD 20771
[2] HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CTR ASTROPHYS,WHIPPLE OBSERV,AMADO,AZ 85645
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D O I
10.1038/353807a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Black holes of almost arbitrarily small mass may have formed in the very early Universe. Their presence today would be revealed by the energetic radiation they would produce by means of the quantum-gravitational Hawking mechanism, allowing observational limits to be set on their density today and on their past significance.
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页数:9
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