All-Sky Search for Individual Primordial Black Hole Bursts with LHAASO

dc.contributor.authorCao Z.
dc.contributor.authorAharonian F.
dc.contributor.authorBai Y.X.
dc.contributor.authorBao Y.W.
dc.contributor.authorBastieri D.
dc.contributor.authorBi X.J.
dc.contributor.authorBi Y.J.
dc.contributor.authorBian W.
dc.contributor.authorBukevich A.V.
dc.contributor.authorCai C.M.
dc.contributor.authorCao W.Y.
dc.contributor.authorCao Z.
dc.contributor.authorChang J.
dc.contributor.authorChang J.F.
dc.contributor.authorChen A.M.
dc.contributor.authorChen E.S.
dc.contributor.authorChen G.H.
dc.contributor.authorChen H.X.
dc.contributor.authorChen L.
dc.contributor.authorChen L.
dc.contributor.authorChen M.J.
dc.contributor.authorChen M.L.
dc.contributor.authorChen Q.H.
dc.contributor.authorChen S.
dc.contributor.authorChen S.H.
dc.contributor.authorChen S.Z.
dc.contributor.authorChen T.L.
dc.contributor.authorChen X.B.
dc.contributor.authorChen X.J.
dc.contributor.authorChen Y.
dc.contributor.authorCheng N.
dc.contributor.authorCheng Y.D.
dc.contributor.authorChu M.C.
dc.contributor.authorCui M.Y.
dc.contributor.authorCui S.W.
dc.contributor.authorCui X.H.
dc.contributor.authorCui Y.D.
dc.contributor.authorDai B.Z.
dc.contributor.authorDai H.L.
dc.contributor.authorDai Z.G.
dc.contributor.authorDanzengluobu
dc.contributor.authorDiao Y.X.
dc.contributor.authorDong X.Q.
dc.contributor.authorDuan K.K.
dc.contributor.authorFan J.H.
dc.contributor.authorFan Y.Z.
dc.contributor.authorFang J.
dc.contributor.authorFang J.H.
dc.contributor.authorFang K.
dc.contributor.authorFeng C.F.
dc.contributor.authorFeng H.
dc.contributor.authorFeng L.
dc.contributor.authorFeng S.H.
dc.contributor.authorFeng X.T.
dc.contributor.authorFeng Y.
dc.contributor.authorFeng Y.L.
dc.contributor.authorGabici S.
dc.contributor.authorGao B.
dc.contributor.authorGao C.D.
dc.contributor.authorGao Q.
dc.contributor.authorGao W.
dc.contributor.authorGao W.K.
dc.contributor.authorGe M.M.
dc.contributor.authorGe T.T.
dc.contributor.authorGeng L.S.
dc.contributor.authorGiacinti G.
dc.contributor.authorGong G.H.
dc.contributor.authorGou Q.B.
dc.contributor.authorGu M.H.
dc.contributor.authorGuo F.L.
dc.contributor.authorGuo J.
dc.contributor.authorGuo X.L.
dc.contributor.authorGuo Y.Q.
dc.contributor.authorGuo Y.Y.
dc.contributor.authorHan Y.A.
dc.contributor.authorHannuksela O.A.
dc.contributor.authorHasan M.
dc.contributor.authorHe H.H.
dc.contributor.authorHe H.N.
dc.contributor.authorHe J.Y.
dc.contributor.authorHe X.Y.
dc.contributor.authorHe Y.
dc.contributor.authorHernández-Cadena S.
dc.contributor.authorHou B.W.
dc.contributor.authorHou C.
dc.contributor.authorHou X.
dc.contributor.authorHu H.B.
dc.contributor.authorHu S.C.
dc.contributor.authorHuang C.
dc.contributor.authorHuang D.H.
dc.contributor.authorHuang J.J.
dc.contributor.authorHuang T.Q.
dc.contributor.authorHuang W.J.
dc.contributor.authorHuang X.T.
dc.contributor.authorHuang X.Y.
dc.contributor.authorHuang Y.
dc.contributor.authorHuang Y.Y.
dc.contributor.authorJi X.L.
dc.contributor.authorJia H.Y.
dc.contributor.authorJia K.
dc.contributor.correspondenceCao Z.
dc.contributor.otherMahidol University
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-28T18:17:53Z
dc.date.available2025-11-28T18:17:53Z
dc.date.issued2025-10-31
dc.description.abstractPrimordial black holes (PBHs) are hypothetical black holes with a wide range of masses that formed in the early Universe. As a result, they may play an important cosmological role and provide a unique probe of the early Universe. A PBH with an initial mass of approximately 10^{15}  g is expected to explode today in a final burst of Hawking radiation. In this Letter, we conduct an all-sky search for individual PBH burst events using the data collected from March 2021 to July 2024 by the Water Cherenkov Detector Array of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). Three PBH burst durations, 10, 20, and 100 s, are searched in the gamma-ray energy range from about 1 to 15 TeV, with no significant PBH bursts observed. The upper limit on the local PBH burst rate density is set to be as low as 181  pc^{-3}  yr^{-1} at 99% confidence level, representing the most stringent limit achieved to date.
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Letters Vol.135 No.18 (2025) , 181005
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/nkby-9cs3
dc.identifier.eissn10797114
dc.identifier.pmid41247964
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105022233980
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/113275
dc.rights.holderSCOPUS
dc.subjectPhysics and Astronomy
dc.titleAll-Sky Search for Individual Primordial Black Hole Bursts with LHAASO
dc.typeArticle
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oaire.citation.issue18
oaire.citation.titlePhysical Review Letters
oaire.citation.volume135
oairecerif.author.affiliationUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences
oairecerif.author.affiliationTsinghua University
oairecerif.author.affiliationShanghai Jiao Tong University
oairecerif.author.affiliationSun Yat-Sen University
oairecerif.author.affiliationUniversité Paris Cité
oairecerif.author.affiliationUniversity of Science and Technology of China
oairecerif.author.affiliationShandong University
oairecerif.author.affiliationNanjing University
oairecerif.author.affiliationChinese University of Hong Kong
oairecerif.author.affiliationZhengzhou University
oairecerif.author.affiliationSouthwest Jiaotong University
oairecerif.author.affiliationYunnan University
oairecerif.author.affiliationGuangzhou University
oairecerif.author.affiliationInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
oairecerif.author.affiliationNational Astronomical Observatories Chinese Academy of Sciences
oairecerif.author.affiliationMax-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
oairecerif.author.affiliationHebei Normal University
oairecerif.author.affiliationInstitute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
oairecerif.author.affiliationYerevan State University
oairecerif.author.affiliationChina Center of Advanced Science and Technology World Laboratory
oairecerif.author.affiliationZhejiang Lab
oairecerif.author.affiliationPurple Mountain Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
oairecerif.author.affiliationShanghai Astronomical Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences
oairecerif.author.affiliationYunnan Observatories
oairecerif.author.affiliationTibet University
oairecerif.author.affiliationState Key Laboratory of Particle Detection & Electronics
oairecerif.author.affiliationTIANFU Cosmic Ray Research Center

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