Published 2022 | Version v1
Journal article

Ultrahigh-energy gamma rays and gravitational waves from primordial exotic stellar bubbles

  • 1. CAS Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui (China)
  • 2. School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui (China)
  • 3. Department of Astronomy, School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui (China)
  • 4. Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)
  • 5. Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

Description

We put forward a novel class of exotic celestial objects that can be produced through phase transitions occurring in the primordial Universe. These objects appear as bubbles of stellar size and can be dominated by primordial black holes (PBHs). We report that, due to the processes of Hawking radiation and binary evolution of PBHs inside these stellar bubbles, both electromagnetic and gravitational radiations can be emitted that are featured on the gamma-ray spectra and stochastic gravitational waves (GWs). Our results reveal that, depending on the mass distribution, the exotic stellar bubbles consisting of PBHs not only provide a decent fit for the ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray spectrum reported by the recent LHAASO experiment, but also predict GW signals that are expected to be tested by the forthcoming GW surveys.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10395-w

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
1434-6052
CODEN
EPCFFB

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