Tong Zhu; Cheng-Rui Jiang; Tong Li; Jiajun Liao · 2026 · Physical Review D
Paper
Primordial black holes (PBHs) are able to produce light dark matter (DM) particles via Hawking radiation, and yield a flux of boosted DM that can be probed at underground DM direct detection experiments. We analyze both galactic and extragalactic contributions to the differential flux of light DM from PBH evaporation, and then compute the expected event rate from PBH boosted DM scattering off electrons or nuclei after taking into account the attenuation effect. Using recent data from DM direct detection experiments XENONnT, PandaX-4T, and LZ, we set constraints on both DM-electron and DM-nucleus scattering cross sections, as well as the fraction of DM composed of PBHs f PBH for 9 × 10 14 − 1 × 10 16 g PBHs that are not fully evaporated today. We also investigate the spectral evolution induced by Hawking evaporation throughout the evaporation and postevaporation regimes. The constraints on the PBH mass are then extended into the 1 × 10 13 − 6 × 10 14 g window for fully evaporated PBHs.
Analysis
This paper investigates constraints on light dark matter (DM) by analyzing its production via Hawking radiation from primordial black holes (PBHs) and its detection at underground DM direct detection experiments.
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