Neutrino currents in wakes of cosmic strings
Abstract
Neutrinos rotating around Abelian Higgs strings will generate a neutral current close to the string. As the string moves through the cosmic plasma, the velocity kick generated by the motion of the string will enhance the neutrino current in the wake region. The neutrino current density depends on its distance from the string and is oscillatory in nature. This leads to neutrino density gradients in the plasma. Such a flux of neutrinos with periodic density fluctuations will lead to electron currents in the plasma. The current will act like a cross-perturbation across the cosmic string wake. The perturbation as well as the high Reynolds number of the plasma will result in the generation of magnetic fields in the wake of the cosmic string.
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@article{arxiv.1906.09733,
title = {Neutrino currents in wakes of cosmic strings},
author = {Sovan Sau and Soma Sanyal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.09733},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
16 pages 2 figure Substantially revised to include estimation of the magnetic field generated in the cosmic string wake