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Magnetic fields have been observed in galaxies, clusters of galaxies and probably in superclusters. While mechanisms exist to generate these in the late universe, it is possible that magnetic fields have existed since very early times. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-07 Iain A. Brown

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

We investigate how well galaxy cluster number counts can constrain the primordial power spectrum. Measurements of the primary anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) may be limited, by the presence of foregrounds from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Teeraparb Chantavat , Christopher Gordon , Joseph Silk

The origin of interstellar and intergalactic magnetic fields remains largely unknown. One possibility is that they are related to the primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) produced by, for instance, the phase transitions of the early Universe.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-05 Yao-Yu Li , Chi Zhang , Ziwei Wang , Ming-Yang Cui , Yue-Lin Sming Tsai , Qiang Yuan , Yi-Zhong Fan

We present a numerical approach to investigate the relationship between magnetic fields and Faraday rotation effects in clusters of galaxies. We can infer the structure and strength of intra-cluster magnetic fields by comparing our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Murgia , F. Govoni , L. Feretti , G. Giovannini , D. Dallacasa , R. Fanti , G. B. Taylor , K. Dolag

We study the corrections to the conformal evolution of primordial magnetic fields after recombination, produced by the fall of the ionized fraction of matter into the dark matter gravitational wells. This effect enhances the field around…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Esteban A. Calzetta , Alejandra Kandus

Magnetic fields appear everywhere in the universe. From stars and galaxies, all the way to galaxy clusters and remote protogalactic clouds magnetic fields of considerable strength and size have been repeatedly observed. Despite their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Alejandra Kandus , Kerstin E. Kunze , Christos G. Tsagas

Primordial magnetic field (PMF) is one of the feasible candidates to explain observed large-scale magnetic fields, for example, intergalactic magnetic fields. We present a new mechanism that brings us information about PMFs on small scales…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-28 Shohei Saga , Hiroyuki Tashiro , Shuichiro Yokoyama

The presence of magnetic fields in the early universe affects the cosmological processes, leading to the distinct signature, which allows constraining their properties and the genesis mechanisms. In this study, we revisit the method to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-13 Ashu Kushwaha , Teruaki Suyama

A primordial stochastic magnetic field will induce temperature and polarization fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. We outline a calculation of the resulting fluctuation power spectra and present numerical results.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tina Kahniashvili , Arthur Kosowsky , Andrew Mack , Ruth Durrer

We review current ideas on the origin of galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields. We begin by summarizing observations of magnetic fields at cosmological redshifts and on cosmological scales. These observations translate into constraints…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Lawrence M. Widrow , Dongsu Ryu , Dominik Schleicher , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Christos G. Tsagas , Rudolf A. Treumann

We present the first cosmological simulations of primordial magnetic fields derived from the constraints by the Cosmic Microwave Background observations, based on the fields' gravitational effect on cosmological perturbations. We evolved…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 F. Vazza , D. Paoletti , S. Banfi , F. Finelli , C. Gheller , S. O'Sullivan , M. Brüggen

The observed galactic magnetic fields may have a primordial origin. I briefly review the observations, their interpretation in terms of the dynamo theory, and the current limits on cosmological magnetic fields. Several possible mechanisms…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kari Enqvist

The origin of cosmic magnetism is an issue of fundamental importance in astrophysics. We review here some of the ideas of how large scale magnetic fields in the universe, particularly in galaxies and galaxy clusters could arise. The popular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Kandaswamy Subramanian

In this paper we study the effect of a magnetic field on the fluctuation spectrum of the cosmic microwave background. We find that upcoming measurements might give interesting bounds on large scale magnetic fields in the early Universe. If…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Jenni Adams , Ulf H. Danielsson , Dario Grasso , Héctor Rubinstein

Primordial magnetic fields could provide an explanation for the galactic magnetic fields observed today, in which case they may also leave interesting signals in the CMB and the small-scale matter power spectrum. We discuss how to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-26 J. Richard Shaw , Antony Lewis

We investigate the possibility for the SKA to detect and study the magnetic fields in galaxy clusters and in the less dense environments surrounding them using Faraday Rotation Measures. To this end, we produce 3-dimensional magnetic field…

The possible existence of a primordial magnetic field in the universe has been previously investigated in many articles. Studies involving the influence of a magnetic field in the nucleosyntesis era, studies considering the effects in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. C. N. de Araujo , R. Opher

The magnetic fields we observe in galaxies today may have their origins in the very early universe. While a number of mechanisms have been proposed which lead to an appreciable field amplitude at early times, the subsequent evolution of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sean M. Carroll , George B. Field

We explore the ways in which primordial magnetic fields influence the thermal and ionization history of the post-recombination universe. After recombination the universe becomes mostly neutral resulting also in a sharp drop in the radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Shiv K. Sethi , Kandaswamy Subramanian