Lensing of fast radio bursts: future constraints on primordial black hole density with an extended mass function and a new probe of exotic compact fermion/ boson stars. (arXiv:1812.11810v1 [astro-ph.CO])

Lensing of fast radio bursts: future constraints on primordial black hole density with an extended mass function and a new probe of exotic compact fermion/ boson stars. (arXiv:1812.11810v1 [astro-ph.CO])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Laha_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Ranjan Laha</a>

The discovery of gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers has
renewed interest in primordial black holes forming a part of the dark matter
density of our Universe. Various tests have been proposed to test this
hypothesis. One of the cleanest tests is the lensing of fast radio bursts. In
this situation, the presence of a compact object near the line of sight
produces two images of the radio burst. If the images are sufficiently
separated in time, this technique can constrain the presence of primordial
black holes. One can also try to detect the lensed image of the mini-bursts
within the main burst. We show that this technique can produce the leading
constraints over a wide range in lens masses $gtrsim$ 2 $M_odot$ if the
primordial black holes follow a single mass distribution. Even if the
primordial black holes have an extended mass distribution, the constraints that
can be derived from lensing of fast radio bursts will be the most constraining
over wide ranges of the parameter space. We also show that this technique can
probe exotic compact boson stars and fermion stars and outline the particle
physics parameter space which can be probed.

The discovery of gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers has
renewed interest in primordial black holes forming a part of the dark matter
density of our Universe. Various tests have been proposed to test this
hypothesis. One of the cleanest tests is the lensing of fast radio bursts. In
this situation, the presence of a compact object near the line of sight
produces two images of the radio burst. If the images are sufficiently
separated in time, this technique can constrain the presence of primordial
black holes. One can also try to detect the lensed image of the mini-bursts
within the main burst. We show that this technique can produce the leading
constraints over a wide range in lens masses $gtrsim$ 2 $M_odot$ if the
primordial black holes follow a single mass distribution. Even if the
primordial black holes have an extended mass distribution, the constraints that
can be derived from lensing of fast radio bursts will be the most constraining
over wide ranges of the parameter space. We also show that this technique can
probe exotic compact boson stars and fermion stars and outline the particle
physics parameter space which can be probed.

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