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In this letter, we discuss generation of magnetic field from cosmological perturbations. We consider the evolution of three component plasma (electron, proton and photon) evaluating the collision term between elecrons and photons up to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Keitaro Takahashi , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Hiroshi Ohno , Hidekazu Hanayama

A completely new mechanism to generate the observed amount of large-scale cosmological magnetic fields is introduced in the context of three-form inflation. The amplification of the fields occurs via fourth order dynamics of the vector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-17 Tomi S. Koivisto , Federico R. Urban

Generation of large-scale magnetic fields is studied in dilaton electromagnetism in noncommutative inflationary cosmology, taking into account the effects of the spacetime uncertainty principle motivated by string theory. We show that it is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Kazuharu Bamba , J. Yokoyama

A strong electron current triggered by a femtosecond relativistically intense laser pulse in a foil coil-like target is shown to be able to generate a solenoidal-type extremely strong magnetic field. The magnetic field lifetime sufficiently…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-21 A. V. Brantov , Ph. Korneev , V. Yu. Bychenkov

Observations of quasars at $\rm z> 6$ report the existence of a billion solar mass black holes. Comprehending their formation in such a short time scale is a matter of ongoing research. One of the most promising scenarios to assemble…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 M. A. Latif , D. R. G. Schleicher , W. Schmidt

We analyze the generation of helical magnetic fields during preheating in a model of low-scale electroweak (EW) hybrid inflation. We show how the inhomogeneities in the Higgs field, resulting from tachyonic preheating after inflation, seed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-12-18 Andres Diaz-Gil , Juan Garcia-Bellido , Margarita Garcia Perez , Antonio Gonzalez-Arroyo

Blazar observations point toward the possible presence of magnetic fields over intergalactic scales of the order of up to $\sim1\,$Mpc, with strengths of at least $\sim10^{-16}\,$G. Understanding the origin of these large-scale magnetic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-17 Tina Kahniashvili , Axel Brandenburg , Arthur Kosowsky , Sayan Mandal , Alberto Roper Pol

Spontaneous magnetic field generation plays important role in laser-plasma interactions. Strong quasi-static magnetic fields affect the thermal conductivity and the plasma dynamics, particularly in the case of ultra intense laser where the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Y-J. Gu , M. Murakami

We discuss generation of magnetic field from cosmological perturbations. We consider the evolution of three component plasma (electron, proton and photon) evaluating the collision term between elecrons and photons up to the second order.…

Recently, there are several reports that the cosmic magnetic fields on Mpc scale in void region is larger than $\sim 10^{-15}$G with an uncertainty of a few orders from the current blazar observations. On the other hand, in inflationary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Tomohiro Fujita , Shuichiro Yokoyama

We consider a scale-invariant helical magnetic field generated during inflation. We show that, if the mean magnetic helicity density of such a field is measured, it can be used to determine a lower bound on the duration of inflation. Upper…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-13 Tina Kahniashvili , Axel Brandenburg , Ruth Durrer , Alexander G. Tevzadze , Winston Yin

The origin of large scale cosmological magnetic fields remains a mystery, despite the continuous efforts devoted to that problem. We present a new model of magnetic field generation, based on local charge separation provided by an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-16 Mathieu Langer , Jean-Loup Puget , Nabila Aghanim

We describe the generation of the electric current flowing along the external magnetic field in the system of massive charged fermions, possessing anomalous magnetic moments and electroweakly interacting with background matter. This current…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-06-07 Maxim Dvornikov

There is an observational indication of extragalactic magnetic fields. No known astrophysical process can explain the origin of such large scale magnetic fields, which motivates us to look for their origin in primordial inflation. By…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Teruaki Suyama , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

We investigate the generation of large-scale magnetic fields due to the breaking of the conformal invariance in the electromagnetic field through the $CPT$-even dimension-six Chern-Simons-like effective interaction with a fermion current by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Kazuharu Bamba , C. Q. Geng , S. H. Ho , W. F. Kao

Spontaneous breaking of Lorentz invariance may take place in string theories, possibly endowing the photon with a mass. This leads to the breaking of the conformal symmetry of the electromagnetic action allowing for the generation within…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 O. Bertolami , D. F. Mota

A framework is introduced for coupling the evolution of galactic magnetic fields sustained by the mean-field dynamo with the formation and evolution of galaxies in cold dark matter cosmology. Estimates of the steady-state strength of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Anvar Shukurov , Andrew Fletcher , Carlton Baugh

We consider that no mean magnetic field exists during this epoch, but that there is a mean magnetic energy associated with large-scale magnetic inhomogeneities. We study the evolution of these inhomogeneities and their influence on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-14 E. Battaner , E. Florido , J. Jimenez-Vicente

Detailed physical processes of magnetic field generation from density fluctuations in the pre-recombination era are studied. Solving Maxwell equations and the generalized Ohm's law, the evolutions of the net charge density, the electric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Keitaro Takahashi , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Naoshi Sugiyama

After a discussion of the inflationary production of primordial magnetic seeds, and a short review of various possible mechanisms, we concentrate on the analysis of the photon-dilaton coupling typical of string theory models. Particular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Gasperini