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Tausif Parvez

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Cosmological Evolution of Primordial Black Holes: UV/IR Decoupling and the KM3NeT 220 PeV Neutrino Anomaly

The recent observation of a 220 PeV neutrino event (KM3-230213A) by the KM3NeT observatory presents a formidable challenge to standard astrophysical source models. We investigate the hypothesis that this ultra-high-energy signature originates from the terminal evaporation burst of a Primordial Black Hole (PBH). Since PBH evolution spans cosmic history, static vacuum approximations fail to capture early-universe dynamics. Embedding the PBH in a cosmological background via the McVittie spacetime, we demonstrate that early-universe cosmological accretion and expansion-suppressed Hawking emission shift the required initial mass window for a terminal burst occurring today. We show that although the early universe environment dictates the black hole's overall lifespan, its final explosion today ($z \approx 0$) is governed by standard Schwarzschild thermodynamics. This mechanism naturally produces the intense 220 PeV local flux while suppressing early emissions, thereby satisfying diffuse isotropic background limits. Consequently, this dynamical framework alters the mapping between current ultra-high-energy neutrino observables and the primordial curvature perturbations that seeded them.

astro-ph.HE

Exact, non-singular black holes from a phantom DBI Field as primordial dark matter

We present the first exact, non-singular black hole solution in General Relativity sourced by a Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) scalar field. Crucially, the solution is exclusively supported by \emph{the phantom branch of the DBI action}, dynamically replacing the central singularity with a regular core. The solution is asymptotically flat, possesses non-trivial scalar hair, and replaces the central singularity with a regular 2-sphere. The mechanism for singularity resolution is a dynamical \emph{kinetic stiffness} which also explains the evasion of classical no-hair theorems. We show these black holes evaporate to a non-singular relic with mass of the order of a gram. This provides a robust mechanism to evade standard evaporation constraints, opening a vast, previously forbidden mass window for light \emph{Primordial Black Holes} to constitute dark matter. The model is testable via distinctive gravitational-wave signatures from its scalar hair.

gr-qc

Quantum signatures in black hole accretion: Pair production in dynamical magnetic fields

Accretion disks around black holes host extreme conditions where general relativity and magnetohydrodynamics dominate. These disks exhibit two distinct dynamical regimes -- Standard and Normal Evolution (SANE) and Magnetically Arrested Disk (MAD). In the MAD regime, these systems exhibit magnetic fields up to $10^8$ G and variability on gravitational timescales $t_g \sim 10^{-4}$ s for stellar-mass black holes. While classical magnetohydrodynamics has been extensively applied, quantum effects in these high-energy environments remain unexplored. Here, we employ quantum field theory in background gauge fields (QFTBGF) to demonstrate that the dynamic magnetic fields of MADs drive significant pair production via the Schwinger mechanism. The resulting pairs emit non-thermal (synchrotron) radiation with a peak frequency tunable across $ \sim 1 - 3000$ MHz, depending on the magnetic field strength (peaking at higher frequencies for stronger fields). For $ B \sim 10^8 $ G, our model predicts a peak spectral flux density of $ \sim 1 - 100$ mJy, detectable with next-generation radio telescopes (e.g., SKA, ngVLA). This work provides a direct and observable signatures of quantum effects in black hole accretion disks.

astro-ph.HE

From Horndeski action to the Callan-Giddings-Harvey-Strominger model and beyond

The knowledge of what entered black hole (BH) is completely lost as it evaporates. This contradicts the unitarity principle of quantum mechanics and is referred to as the information loss paradox. Understanding the end stages of BH evaporation is key to resolving this paradox. As a first step, we need to have exact models that can mimic 4-D BHs in General relativity in classical limit and have a systematic way to include high-energy corrections. While there are various models in the literature, there is no systematic procedure by which one can study high-energy corrections. In this work, for the first time, we obtain Callan, Giddings, Harvey, and Strominger (CGHS) -- a (1+1)-D -- model from 4-D Horndeski action -- the most general scalar-tensor theory that does not lead to Ostrogradsky ghosts. We then show that 4-D Horndeski action can systematically provide a route to include higher-derivative terms relevant at the end stages of black hole evaporation. We derive the leading order Hawking flux while discussing some intriguing characteristics of the corrected CGHS models. We compare our results with other works and discuss the implications for primordial BHs.

gr-qc