Phase Transitions, Dark Matter and Black Holes

Join Michael Baker from the University of Massachusetts Amherst for a High Energy Physics seminar exploring a novel production mechanism of particle dark matter that depends on a first-order cosmological phase transition. Discover how this mechanism can be modified to create a new baryogenesis process or to produce primordial black holes. Learn about the possibility of observing an exploding primordial black hole and how such an observation could provide unique insights into Beyond the Standard Model physics. The seminar delves into the fascinating connections between phase transitions in the early universe, dark matter formation, and black hole physics.