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Issue 7, 2026
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Primordial black holes

 a,  a,  b,  c, a,  b,  b
a Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russian Federation
b National Research Nuclear University ‘MEPhI’, Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
c Lomonosov Moscow State University, Shternberg State Astronomical Institute, Universitetskii prosp. 13, Moscow, 119234, Russian Federation

Hypothesis of primordial black hole creation in the early Universe was formulated by Ya.B. Zeldovich and I.D. Novikov in 1966 year. In the recent years this hypothesis becomes extremely heightened and popular. Modern astronomical data in the electromagnetic spectrum and also observation of gravitational waves and cosmic neutrino reveal the series unique astrophysical phenomena, which may be directly related with primordial black holes, created before the formation of first stars. This review is devoted to description of different models of primordial black holes formation and also to elucidation the astronomical and astrophysical methods for a verification of primordial black hole models. In particular, we describe in details the formation of primordial black holes and their clusters during gravitational collapse of the so called domain walls in the early Universe with additional space-time dimensions.

Keywords: black holes, primordial black holes, cosmology, universe, gravitation
PACS: 04.20.−q, 04.30.−w, 04.30.Tv, 04.70.−s, 04.70.Bw (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2026.07.040164
Citation: Dokuchaev V I, Eroshenko Yu N, Nikulin V V, Postnov K A, Rubin S G, Stasenko V D "Primordial black holes" Phys. Usp., accepted

Received: 23rd, June 2026, 17th, July 2026

Оригинал: Докучаев В И, Ерошенко Ю Н, Никулин В В, Постнов К А, Рубин С Г, Стасенко В Д «Первичные чёрные дыры» УФН, принята к публикации; DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2026.07.040164

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