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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 10kpc\sim 10\,{\rm kpc} and have a magnitude of the order of B1023GB\sim10^{-23}\,{\rm G} 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}
}

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4 pages; v2: minor changes, references added

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