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The nature of magnetic fields in the voids of the large-scale structure of the Universe has been a multifaceted open puzzle for decades. On one hand, their origin is not clear with most of the magnetogenesis models using physics beyond the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 Deepen Garg , Ruth Durrer , Jennifer Schober

We study primordial magnetic field effects on the matter perturbations in the Universe. We assume magnetic field generation prior to the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN), i.e. during the radiation dominated epoch of the Universe expansion,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Tina Kahniashvili , Yurii Maravin , Aravind Natarajan , Nicholas Battaglia , Alexander G. Tevzadze

Despite much recent theoretical and observational progress in our knowledge of the early universe, many fundamental questions remain only partially answered. Here, we review the latest achievements and persisting problems in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Benedetta Ciardi , Andrea Ferrara

Magnetic fields on a range of scales play a large role in the ecosystems of galaxies, both in the galactic disk and in the extended layers of gas away from the plane. Observing magnetic field strength, structure and orientation is complex,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Marijke Haverkorn , Volker Heesen

Despite their ubiquity, there are many open questions regarding galactic and cosmic magnetic fields. Specifically, current observational constraints cannot rule out if magnetic fields observed in galaxies were generated in the Early…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-30 Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Harley Katz , Debora Sijacki , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz

Some common properties of helical magnetic fields in decaying and driven turbulence are discussed. These include mainly the inverse cascade that produces fields on progressively larger scales. Magnetic helicity also restricts the evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Axel Brandenburg

This paper examines the generation of seed magnetic fields due to the growth of cosmological perturbations. In the radiation era, different rates of scattering from photons induce local differences in the ion and electron density and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. R. Siegel , J. N. Fry

Possible existence of the primordial magnetic fields has affected the structure formation of the universe. In this paper it is shown that the initial conditions for density perturbations with magnetic fields derived in previous works are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-20 Kazuhiko Kojima , Kiyotomo Ichiki

We study limits on a primordial magnetic field arising from cosmological data, including that from big bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background polarization plane Faraday rotation limits, and large-scale structure formation. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 Tina Kahniashvili , Alexander G. Tevzadze , Shiv K. Sethi , Kanhaiya Pandey , Bharat Ratra

Despite their ubiquity, the origin of cosmic magnetic fields remains unknown. Various mechanisms have been proposed for their existence including primordial fields generated by inflation, or amplification and injection by compact…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Harley Katz , Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz , Taysun Kimm

The origin of galactic and extra-galactic magnetic fields is an unsolved problem in modern cosmology. A possible scenario comes from the idea of these fields emerged from a small field, a seed, which was produced in the early universe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-14 Hector J. Hortua , Leonardo Castaneda , Juan M. Tejeiro

The possibility that the magnetic field is strongly correlated with the large-scale structure of the universe has been recently considered in the literature. In this scenario the intergalactic magnetic field has a strong ($\mu$G) regular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Gustavo Medina Tanco

Magnetic fields are believed to play an important role in the evolution of molecular clouds, from their large scale structure to dense cores, protostellar envelopes, and protoplanetary disks. How important is unclear, and whether magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tyler L. Bourke , Alyssa A. Goodman

The large-scale structure of the Universe has been observed to be characterized by long filaments, forming polyhedra, with a remarkable 100-200 Mpc periodicity, suggesting a regular network. The introduction of magnetic fields into the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Battaner , E. Florido

A possible explanation for the origin of the magnetic fields observed today in matter structures is that they were generated in the primordial universe. After briefly revising the model of a primordial stochastic magnetic field and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Chiara Caprini

The origin of magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies is still an unsolved problem, which is largely due to our poor understanding of initial seed magnetic fields. If the seed magnetic fields have primordial origins, it is likely that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Jungyeon Cho

A primordial magnetic field could be responsible for the observed magnetic fields of the galaxies. One possibility is that such a primordial field is generated at the electroweak phase transition because of the fluctuations in the Higgs…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Kari Enqvist

Magnetic field is ubiquitous in the Universe and it plays essential roles in various astrophysical phenomena, yet its real origin and evolution are poorly known. This article reviews current understanding of magnetic fields in the…

The magnetic helicity has paramount significance in nonlinear saturation of galactic dynamo. We argue that the magnetic helicity conservation is violated at the lepton stage in the evolution of early Universe. As a result, a cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. B. Semikoz , D. D. Sokoloff

The origin of our universe's cosmological magnetic fields remains a mystery. In this study, we consider whether these magnetic fields could have been generated in the early universe by a population of charged, spinning primordial black…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 Dan Hooper , Aurora Ireland , Gordan Krnjaic