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Stochastic evolution of primordial black holes to near-extremality in EFTs of gravity
Phys. Rev. D 114, 024035 – Published 14 July, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/57tq-9sx7
Abstract
īThe search for dark matter candidates includes primordial black holes (PBHs) as possible constituents. Recent studies show that some PBHs can survive to the present epoch by gaining angular momentum through Hawking radiation of photons and becoming extremal before complete evaporation. While this provides a plausible model in a two-derivative theory of gravity, additional issues arise in effective field theory (EFT)-corrected theories of gravity. In such theories, a rapidly spinning black hole can lead to extremely high tidal forces on a near-horizon observer, with possible observational consequences. In this work, by modeling Hawking radiation as a biased random walk within an EFT of gravity, we show that nearly the same fraction of PBHs survives as in Einstein’s two-derivative theory of gravity. We argue that the resultant near-horizon tidal effects should be detectable in future gravitational-wave observables.
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