Primordial Black Holes

Abstract

Aspects of primordial black holes, i.e. black holes formed in the early Universe, are reviewed. Special emphasis is put on their formation, their role as dark matter candidates and their manifold signatures, particularly through gravitational waves.

Comments: 246 pages, 62 figures, 824 references; invited book chapter in "Listening to the dark Universe: black holes in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy"