Show notes
In this week’s episode, we take a look at the hottest trend in dark matter candidates - Primordial Black Holes. They’re like black holes, only smaller (in some cases)! Join us as we see what all the fuss is about. Kiersten shares a story of a black hole playing video games inside a star and glitching out of the mainframe, while Shashank makes his a[s]b debut with an explosive transient conundrum that *might* explain the mystery of dark matter once and for all. We round off with a discussion about our favourite pet dark matter theories and the merits of direct experimental searches.Astrobites:https://astrobites.org/2024/05/29/noclip-on-simulated-primordial-black-holes-could-dance-through-sun-like-stars/https://astrobites.org/2024/05/31/are-pbhs-detonating-white-dwarfs/Astrobite Paper with Pretty Orbits: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08113Space Sound:https://supernova.eso.org/news/releases/es2105/
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