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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

Damping of magnetic fields via ambipolar diffusion and decay of magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence in the post decoupling era heats the intergalactic medium (IGM). Delayed recombination of hydrogen atoms in the IGM yields an optical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-26 Kerstin E. Kunze , Eiichiro Komatsu

A new upper limit on the amplitude of primordial magnetic field (PMF) is derived by a comparison between a calculation of elemental abundances in big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) model and the latest observational constraints on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-21 Masahiro Kawasaki , Motohiko Kusakabe

The fluid forces associated with primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) generate small-scale fluctuations in the primordial density field, which add to the $\mathrm{\Lambda CDM}$ linear matter power spectrum on small scales. These enhanced…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-01 Hector Afonso G. Cruz , Tal Adi , Jordan Flitter , Marc Kamionkowski , Ely D. Kovetz

We study the constraints on primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) in the light of the Experiment to Detect the Global Epoch of Reionization Signature (EDGES) low-band observation and Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics and Diffuse…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-10 Pravin Kumar Natwariya

The aim of this thesis is to study the effects on the CMB anisotropy due to primordial magnetic fields and to analyze some favorable scenarios of magnetogenesis constrained by those signatures, including limits on the amplitude of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-12 Hector J. Hortua

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) can source gravitational wave background (GWB). In this paper, we investigate the possible constraints on small-scale PMF considering the ongoing and forthcoming direct detection observations of GWB. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-18 Shohei Saga , Hiroyuki Tashiro , Shuichiro Yokoyama

Magnetic fields appear wherever plasma and currents can be found. As such, they thread through all scales in Nature. It is natural, therefore, to suppose that magnetic fields might have been formed within the high temperature environments…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-16 Dai G. Yamazaki , Toshitaka Kajino , Grant J. Mathew , Kiyotomo Ichiki

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

We study the impact of a stochastic background of primordial magnetic fields on the scalar contribution of CMB anisotropies and on the matter power spectrum. We give the correct initial conditions for cosmological perturbations and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Fabio Finelli , Francesco Paci , Daniela Paoletti

I describe the imprint of primordial magnetic fields on the CMB. I show that these are observable only if the field amplitude is of the order of $B\gsim 10^{-9}G$ on Mpc scale. I further argue that such fields are strongly constrained by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ruth Durrer

We present the first results from SPHINX-MHD, a suite of cosmological radiation-magnetohydrodynamics simulations designed to study the impact of primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) on galaxy formation and the evolution of the intergalactic…

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) create a large squeezed-type non-Gaussianity in tensor perturbation, which generates non-Gaussian temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We for the first time derive an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-13 Maresuke Shiraishi , Toyokazu Sekiguchi

Primordial magnetic fields (PMF) can create polarization $B$-modes in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) through Faraday rotation (FR), leading to non-trivial 2-point and 4-point correlators of the CMB temperature and polarization. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Amit P. S. Yadav , Levon Pogosian , Tanmay Vachaspati

The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB) is an invaluable probe of the conditions of the early universe. Recent measurements of its spatial anisotropy have allowed accurate determinations of several fundamental cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Christopher O'Dell

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

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) can enhance the abundance of low-mass halos during Cosmic Dawn by sourcing additional small-scale matter fluctuations. This enhanced small-scale power can accelerate early galaxy formation, shifting the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-08 Keduse Worku , Hector Afonso G. Cruz , Marc Kamionkowski

Magnetic fields appear to be present in essentially all astrophysical environments, including galaxies, clusters of galaxies and voids. There are both observational and theoretical motives for considering the possibility of their origin…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 Karsten Jedamzik , Levon Pogosian

Primordial gravitational waves (GWs) with frequencies > 10^{-15} Hz contribute to the radiation density of the Universe at the time of decoupling of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The effects of this GW background on the CMB and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Tristan L. Smith , Elena Pierpaoli , Marc Kamionkowski

Primordial tangled cosmological Magnetic Fields source rotational velocity perturbations of the baryon fluid, even in the post-recombination universe. These vortical modes inturn leave a characteristic imprint on the temperature anisotropy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 T. R. Seshadri , Kandaswamy Subramanian