Primordial Black Holes from Sound Speed Resonance during Inflation
  We report on a novel phenomenon of the resonance effect of primordial density
perturbations arisen from a sound speed parameter with an oscillatory behavior,
which can generically lead to the formation of primordial black holes in the
early Universe. For a general inflaton field, it can seed primordial density
fluctuations and their propagation is governed by a parameter of sound speed
square. Once if this parameter achieves an oscillatory feature for a while
during inflation, a significant non-perturbative resonance effect on the
inflaton field fluctuations takes place around a critical length scale, which
results in significant peaks in the primordial power spectrum. By virtue of
this robust mechanism, primordial black holes with specific mass function can
be produced with a sufficient abundance for dark matter in sizable parameter
ranges.
