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Damped Electromagnetic fluctuations in the early universe?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-08-07 v2

Abstract

This short note considers the effects of quantum theory on the linear evolution of the magnetic fields during and after inflation. The analysis appears to show that the magnetic fields decay exponentially in the high-temperature radiation era due to a combination of ohmic dissipation and vacuum polarisation.

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@article{arxiv.1408.0367,
  title  = {Damped Electromagnetic fluctuations in the early universe?},
  author = {Ian G. Moss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.0367},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

This paper has been withdrawn by the author. The paper only considers the omega>k regime, but the undamped modes have omega<k