14–15 Oct 2023
University of Kansas
US/Central timezone

Hawking Radiation, Superradiance, and Dark Sector

15 Oct 2023, 10:07
18m
2048 Malott Hall (University of Kansas)

2048 Malott Hall

University of Kansas

Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Kansas Lawrence, KS

Speaker

Tao Xu (The University of Oklahoma)

Description

Gravitational particle production from black holes offers a novel avenue for exploring particle physics, particularly in the case of dark sector particles whose non-gravitational interactions remain beyond the reach of conventional laboratory searches. In this talk, I will discuss two production mechanisms: Hawking radiation and Superradiance. Via Hawking radiation, black holes can generate particles from both the Standard Model sector and the dark sector. Additionally, the presence of bosonic particles within the dark sector can modify the spin dynamics of black holes through the Superradiance process, which can further be discerned with the Hawking radiation spectrum. In the end, I will show how upcoming gamma-ray and X-ray observations could shed light on both primordial black holes and the dark sector.

Author

Tao Xu (The University of Oklahoma)

Presentation materials