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We present a scenario for efficient magnetization of very young galaxies about 0.5 Gigayears after the Big-Bang by a cosmic ray-driven dynamo. These objects experience a phase of strong star formation during this first $10^9$ years. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Lesch , M. Hanasz

Neutron stars, and magnetars in particular, are known to host the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe. The origin of these strong fields is a matter of controversy. In this preliminary work, via numerical simulations, we study, for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-30 K. Franceschetti , L. Del Zanna

Magnetic fields are observed beyond the peripheries of optically detected galactic discs, while numerical models of their origin and the typical magnitudes are still absent. Previously, studies of galactic dynamo have avoided considering…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-05 E. Mikhailov , A. Kasparova , D. Moss , R. Beck , D. Sokoloff , A. Zasov

In this paper, we revisit in detail the effects of primordial magnetic fields on big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) including a discussion of the magnetic field geometry and the anomalous magnetic moment. The presence of magnetic fields affects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-30 Baolian Cheng , Angela V. Olinto , David N. Schramm , James W. Truran

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

We review the literature concerning how the cosmic magnetic fields pervading nearly all galaxies actually got started. some observational evidence involves the chemical abundance of the light elements Be and B, while another one is based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Russell M. Kulsrud , Ellen G. Zweibel

Are magnetic fields important in primordial star formation? Assuming that star formation occurs via an accretion disk that is turbulent, initially because of local gravitational instability, we calculate the disk structure for realistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jonathan C. Tan , Eric G. Blackman

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

The effects of magnetic fields on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis(BBN) have been calculated, and the impact on the abundances of the light elements have been investigated numerically. An upper limit on the strength of primordial magnetic fields…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-30 Baolian Cheng , David N. Schramm , James W. Truran

We present a complementary study to a new model for generating magnetic fields of cosmological interest. The driving mechanism is the photoionisation process by photons provided by the first luminous sources. Investigating the transient…

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

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

Magnetic fields play a very important role in the evolution of galaxies through their direct impact on star formation and stellar feedback-induced turbulence. However, their co-evolution with these processes has still not been thoroughly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-14 Evangelia Ntormousi

Possibilities and difficulties of applying the theory of magnetic field generation by convection flows in rotating spherical fluid shells to the Giant Planets are outlined. Recent progress in the understanding of the distribution of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-02 F. H. Busse , R. D. Simitev

Stellar magnetic dynamos are driven by rotation, rapidly rotating stars produce stronger magnetic fields than slowly rotating stars do. The Zeeman effect is the most important indicator of magnetic fields, but Zeeman broadening must be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ansgar Reiners

We have studied the fate of initial magnetic fields in the hot halo gas out of which the visible parts of galaxies form, using three-dimensional numerical MHD-experiments. The halo gas undergoes compression by several orders of magnitude in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A . Nordlund , O. E. Rognvaldsson

We investigate the evolution of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters starting from constant primordial fields using highly resolved ($\approx \rm 4 ~kpc$) cosmological MHD simulations. The magnetic fields in our sample exhibit amplification…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Paola Domínguez-Fernández , Franco Vazza , Marcus Brüggen , Gianfranco Brunetti

The amplification of the primordial magnetic fields and the gravitational baryogenesis, a mechanism that allows to generate the baryon asymmetry in the Universe by means of the coupling between the Ricci scalar curvature and the baryon…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-18 Herman J. Mosquera Cuesta , Gaetano Lambiase

We study the influence of initial conditions on the magnetic field amplification during the collapse of a magnetised gas cloud. We focus on the dependence of the growth and saturation level of the dynamo generated field on the turbulent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Sharanya Sur , Christoph Federrath , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Robi Banerjee , Ralf S. Klessen

We present a detailed analysis of an astrophysical mechanism that generates cosmological magnetic fields during the Epoch of Reionization. It is based on the photoionization of the Intergalactic Medium by the first sources formed in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Jean-Baptiste Durrive , Mathieu Langer

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) are possible candidates for explaining the observed magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. Two competing scenarios of primordial magnetogenesis have been discussed in the literature: inflationary and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-17 Salome Mtchedlidze , Paola Domínguez-Fernández , Xiaolong Du , Wolfram Schmidt , Axel Brandenburg , Jens Niemeyer , Tina Kahniashvili
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