Black Holes as Dark Matter: From Cosmology to Rogue Planets

Explore the fascinating hypothesis of non-stellar black holes and their potential role as dark matter in this astrophysics colloquium presentation from the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University Joint Astrophysics series. Delve into comprehensive search strategies and detection prospects across various mass scales, while examining how primordial black holes might have seeded both baryonic and particle dark matter during the universe's earliest stages. Learn about the intriguing connection between sub-solar mass black holes and mysterious Galactic "rogue planets" through expert insights from University of California, Santa Cruz researcher Stefano Profumo, who presents cutting-edge research in this hour-long exploration of cosmological phenomena.