The Stability of Primordial Magnetic Fields Produced by Phase Transitions
Astrophysics
2016-08-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Primordial magnetic fields seem to be a generic relic of phase transitions in the early universe. We consider a primordial electromagnetic field formed as a result of a second-order phase transition, and show that it is stable to thermal fluctuations in the period immediately following. We also show how such a field arises in first order phase transitions. In both cases there is a transitive electric field produced during the transition.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9507057,
title = {The Stability of Primordial Magnetic Fields Produced by Phase Transitions},
author = {A. P. Martin and A. C. Davis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9507057},
year = {2016}
}
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12 pages