Constraints on primordial black holes with extended mass functions

Constraints on primordial black holes in the range 10−18 M⊙ to 103 M⊙ are reevaluated for a general class of extended mass functions. Whereas previous work has assumed that PBHs are produced with one single mass, instead there is expected to be a range of masses even in the case of production from a single mechanism; constraints therefore change from previous literature. Although tightly constrained in the majority of cases, it is shown that, even under conservative assumptions, primordial black holes in the mass range 10−10 M⊙ to 10−8 M⊙ could still constitute the entirety of the dark matter. This stresses both the importance for a comprehensive reevaluation of all respective constraints that have previously been evaluated only for a monochromatic mass function and the need to obtain more constraints in the allowed mass range.