English

Void magnetic field and its primordial origin in inflation

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2014-02-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Since magnetic fields in galaxies, galactic clusters and even void regions are observed, theoretical attempts to explain their origin are strongly motivated. It is interesting to consider that inflation is responsible for the origin of the magnetic fields as well as the density perturbation. However, it is known that inflationary magnetogenesis suffers from several problems. We explore these problems by using a specific model, namely the kinetic coupling model, and show how the model is constrained. Model independent arguments are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1401.7877,
  title  = {Void magnetic field and its primordial origin in inflation},
  author = {Tomohiro Fujita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.7877},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

7 pages, 1 figure, v2: reference updated, to appear in the proceedings of The 10th International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA2013)