The Phenomenology of Primordial Black Holes
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Monday, 20 July 2026 (10:00)
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Friday, 31 July 2026 (18:00)
Monday, 20 July 2026
10:00
Welcome
Welcome
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:30
A Non-Gaussian Perspective of PBHs and GWs
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Hardi Veermäe
A Non-Gaussian Perspective of PBHs and GWs
Hardi Veermäe
10:30 - 11:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Reviving primordial black hole formation in slow first-order phase transitions
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Kepan Xie
Reviving primordial black hole formation in slow first-order phase transitions
Kepan Xie
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
Completing the Picture of Black Hole Formation from First-Order Phase Transitions
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Piotr Toczek
Completing the Picture of Black Hole Formation from First-Order Phase Transitions
Piotr Toczek
14:30 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
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Discussion/Free
15:30 - 17:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
09:30
Harvesting primordial black holes from stochastic trees - part I
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Vincent Vennin
Harvesting primordial black holes from stochastic trees - part I
Vincent Vennin
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Discussion/Free
11:00 - 12:00
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Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
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Harvesting primordial black holes from stochastic trees - part II
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Chiara Animali
Harvesting primordial black holes from stochastic trees - part II
Chiara Animali
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
Lukewarm inflation, primordial black holes and gravitational waves
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João Rosa
Lukewarm inflation, primordial black holes and gravitational waves
João Rosa
14:30 - 15:00
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15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Discussion/Free: Repository of Bounds on the Abundance of PBHs (Bradley Kavanagh)
Repository of Bounds on the Abundance of PBHs (Bradley Kavanagh)
15:30 - 17:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
09:30
Using Gravitational Waves to Learn About PBH Cosmology
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Gabriele Franciolini
Using Gravitational Waves to Learn About PBH Cosmology
Gabriele Franciolini
09:30 - 10:30
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10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Discussion/Free
11:00 - 12:00
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12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Structure formation with primordial black holes
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M. Sten Delos
Structure formation with primordial black holes
M. Sten Delos
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
More Macroscopic Dark Matter
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Zachary Picker
More Macroscopic Dark Matter
Zachary Picker
14:30 - 15:00
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15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
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Discussion/Free
15:30 - 17:00
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Thursday, 23 July 2026
09:30
Pre-Primordial Black Holes
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Ruth Gregory
Pre-Primordial Black Holes
Ruth Gregory
09:30 - 10:30
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Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Discussion/Free
11:00 - 12:00
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12:00
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Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
On formal aspects of black holes: quasinormal modes, cosmic censorship, and moduli excursions
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Anna Chrysostomou
On formal aspects of black holes: quasinormal modes, cosmic censorship, and moduli excursions
Anna Chrysostomou
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
The Long Reach of Quantum Diffusion: Phenomenology of Universal PBH Clustering
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Aurora Ireland
The Long Reach of Quantum Diffusion: Phenomenology of Universal PBH Clustering
Aurora Ireland
14:30 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Discussion/Free: Little Red Dots and Primordial Supermassive Black Holes
Little Red Dots and Primordial Supermassive Black Holes
15:30 - 17:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Friday, 24 July 2026
09:30
Looking for Dark Matter around Primordial Black Holes
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Bradley Kavanagh
Looking for Dark Matter around Primordial Black Holes
Bradley Kavanagh
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Discussion/Free: Stochastic Inflation and PBH Clustering
Stochastic Inflation and PBH Clustering
11:00 - 12:00
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12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Two shades of Hawk: GrayHawk and BlackHawk
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Marco Calza
Two shades of Hawk: GrayHawk and BlackHawk
Marco Calza
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
GW Probes of PBHs: Lensing and Binaries
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Ville Vaskonen
GW Probes of PBHs: Lensing and Binaries
Ville Vaskonen
14:30 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
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Discussion/Free
15:30 - 17:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Saturday, 25 July 2026
Sunday, 26 July 2026
Monday, 27 July 2026
10:00
Welcome
Welcome
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:30
PBH and PTA: Rise and Fall of a Dream
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Antonio Junior Iovino
PBH and PTA: Rise and Fall of a Dream
Antonio Junior Iovino
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Primordial Black Hole abundance: the role of SIGWs and non-Gaussianity
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Gabriele Perna
Primordial Black Hole abundance: the role of SIGWs and non-Gaussianity
Gabriele Perna
11:30 - 12:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
X-Ray Femtolensing Probes Asteroid-Mass Black Holes
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Benjamin Lehmann
X-Ray Femtolensing Probes Asteroid-Mass Black Holes
Benjamin Lehmann
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
Probing Hidden Sectors with Primordial Black Holes
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Tao Xu
Probing Hidden Sectors with Primordial Black Holes
Tao Xu
14:30 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
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Discussion/Free
15:30 - 17:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
09:30
Current Issues in Secondary Gravitational Waves
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Guillem Domenech
Current Issues in Secondary Gravitational Waves
Guillem Domenech
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:00
Primordial Black Hole Absorption and Runaway
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Mathieu Gross
Primordial Black Hole Absorption and Runaway
Mathieu Gross
10:00 - 10:30
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10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Discussion/Free
11:00 - 12:00
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12:00
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Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Gravitational Waves from PBH Reheating
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Nicholas Leister
Gravitational Waves from PBH Reheating
Nicholas Leister
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
Multi-messenger Constraints on a Primordial Black Hole Origin of the KM3-230213A Event
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Yuber F. Perez-Gonzalez
Multi-messenger Constraints on a Primordial Black Hole Origin of the KM3-230213A Event
Yuber F. Perez-Gonzalez
14:30 - 15:00
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15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
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Discussion/Free: Could We Observe (and Have We Observed) an Exploding Black Hole?
Could We Observe (and Have We Observed) an Exploding Black Hole?
15:30 - 17:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
09:30
Astrophysical Until Proven Primordial: Detecting PBHs with Gravitational Waves
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Philippa Cole
Astrophysical Until Proven Primordial: Detecting PBHs with Gravitational Waves
Philippa Cole
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Discussion/Free
11:00 - 12:00
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12:00
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Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Cosmological Constraints on Accreting PBHs
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Dominic Agius
Cosmological Constraints on Accreting PBHs
Dominic Agius
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
Beyond Standard Model Enhanced PBHs
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Xavier Pritchard
Beyond Standard Model Enhanced PBHs
Xavier Pritchard
14:30 - 15:00
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15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
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15:30 - 17:00
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Thursday, 30 July 2026
09:30
Selected Key Questions on Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter
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Sebastian Clesse
Selected Key Questions on Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter
Sebastian Clesse
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
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Discussion/Free
11:00 - 12:00
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12:00
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Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Towards Discriminating Primordial and Astrophysical Black Hole Populations with the Einstein Telescope
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Syed Naqvi
Towards Discriminating Primordial and Astrophysical Black Hole Populations with the Einstein Telescope
Syed Naqvi
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
Gravitational Wave Mountains from Topological Defect as Dark Matter (as PBH ?)
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Anish Ghoshal
Gravitational Wave Mountains from Topological Defect as Dark Matter (as PBH ?)
Anish Ghoshal
14:30 - 15:00
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
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Coffee Break
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15:30 - 17:00
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Friday, 31 July 2026
09:30
Dynamics of Primordial Black Hole Formation in a Matter Dominated Universe
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Chulmoon Yoo
Dynamics of Primordial Black Hole Formation in a Matter Dominated Universe
Chulmoon Yoo
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
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11:00 - 12:00
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Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Hydrodynamical Shocks and Baryogenesis from Evaporating PBH
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Miguel Vanvlasselaer
Hydrodynamical Shocks and Baryogenesis from Evaporating PBH
Miguel Vanvlasselaer
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 2413/2-430 - MITP Seminar Room
14:30
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Coffee Break
14:30 - 15:00
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