What are primordial black holes and how are they different from all the other kinds of black holes out there? How could we possibly detect them and what would it mean for Cosmology? Can primordial black holes be a solution for dark matter? Finding out the answers in this interview.

Guest: Jason Kristiano
https://jkristiano.github.io/

Generating large primordial fluctuations in singlefield inflation for PBH formation:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.03395

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00:00 Intro
02:27 Formation of primordial black holes
11:25 The impact on the Universe
15:45 How can we observe black holes
20:30 Constraints on dark matter solution
22:56 Research
35:11 Further observations
44:18 Current obsessions
51:49 Final thoughts

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