Recombination era magnetic fields from axion dark matter
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2016-03-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We introduce a new mechanism for generating magnetic fields in the recombination era. This Harrison-like mechanism utilizes vorticity in baryons that is sourced through the Bose-Einstein condensate of axions via gravitational interactions. The magnetic fields generated are on the galactic scales and have a magnitude of the order of today. The field has a greater magnitude than those generated from other mechanisms relying on second order perturbation theory, and is sufficient to provide a seed for battery mechanisms.
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@article{arxiv.1507.03001,
title = {Recombination era magnetic fields from axion dark matter},
author = {Nilanjan Banik and Adam J. Christopherson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03001},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
4 pages; v2: minor changes, references added