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We recently predicted the existence of random primordial magnetic fields (RPMF) in the form of randomly oriented cells with dipole-like structure with a cell size $L_0$ and an average magnetic field $B_0$. Here we investigate models for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-24 Rafael S. de Souza , Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Reuven Opher

The true nature of primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) and their role in the formation of galaxies still remains elusive. To shed light on these unknowns, we investigate their impact by varying two sets of properties: (i) accounting for the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-02 Mahsa Sanati , Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Jennifer Schober , Yves Revaz , Adrianne Slyz , Julien Devriendt

The primordial magnetic field (PMF) can strongly affect the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum and the formation of large scale structure. In this presentation, we calculate the CMB temperature anisotropies generated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dai G. Yamazaki , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Toshitaka Kajino , Grant J. Mathews

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

We constrain a primordial magnetic field (PMF) generated during a phase transition (PT) using the big bang nucleosynthesis bound on the relativistic energy density. The amplitude of the PMF at large scales is determined by the shape of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-04 Tina Kahniashvili , Alexander G. Tevzadze , Bharat Ratra

Primordial Magnetic Fields (PMFs), long studied as relics of the early Universe, accelerate recombination and have been proposed as a way to relieve the Hubble tension. However, previous studies relied on simplified toy models. Here we use…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-17 Karsten Jedamzik , Levon Pogosian , Tom Abel

Primordial magnetic fields possibly generated in the very early universe are one of the candidates for the origin of magnetic fields observed in many galaxies and galaxy clusters. After recombination, the dissipation process of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hiroyuki Tashiro , Naoshi Sugiyama

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) generated in the early Universe may leave observable imprints in the present-day large-scale structure. However, it remains unclear on which spatial scales primordial signatures can survive the nonlinear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-27 Jennifer Schober , Molly Abramson , Sayan Mandal , Salome Mtchedlidze , Tina Kahniashvili

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) are magnetic fields generated during the early universe. These fields are thought to be the seeds of extragalactic magnetic fields. The origin of PMFs is not well known. Further, if they are indeed sources…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-30 Ganga R. Nair , V. Sreenath

Primordial Magnetic Fields (PMFs) -- magnetic fields originating in the early Universe and permeating the cosmological scales today -- can explain the observed microGauss-level magnetisation of galaxies and their clusters. In light of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-29 Salome Mtchedlidze , Franco Vazza , Xiaolong Du , Ettore Carretti , Chiara Stuardi , Shane Patrick O'Sullivan

Magnetic fields play a vital role in numerous astrophysical processes such as star formation and the interstellar medium. In particular, their role in the formation and evolution of galaxies is not well understood. This paper presents…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-10 Huai-Hsuan Chiu , Ke-Jung Chen

There is strong observational evidence for the presence of large-scale magnetic fields MF in galaxies and clusters, with strength $\sim \mu$G and coherence lenght on the order of Kpc. However its origin remains as an outstanding problem.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-08 Eduard F. Piratova , Edilson A. Reyes , Héctor J. Hortúa

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

The existence of a primordial magnetic field (PMF) would affect both the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). It also provides a plausible explanation for the possible disparity between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Dai G. Yamazaki , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Toshitaka Kajino , Grant J. Mathews

Recent observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have extended the measured power spectrum to higher multipoles $l\gtrsim$1000, and there appears to be possible evidence for excess power on small angular scales. The primordial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-19 D. Yamazaki , K. Ichiki , T. Kajino , G. J. Mathews

From previous studies of the effect of primordial magnetic fields on early structure formation, we know that the presence of primordial magnetic fields during early structure formation could induce more perturbations at small scales (at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Kanhaiya L. Pandey , Shiv K. Sethi

The origin of large-scale magnetic fields is an unsolved problem in cosmology. In order to overcome, a possible scenario comes from the idea that these fields emerged from a small primordial magnetic field (PMF), produced in the early…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-15 Hector J. Hortua , Leonardo Castañeda

In the present universe, magnetic fields exist with various strengths and on various scales. One possible origin of these cosmic magnetic fields is the primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) generated in the early universe. PMFs are considered…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-27 Teppei Minoda , Kenji Hasegawa , Hiroyuki Tashiro , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Naoshi Sugiyama

Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) can seed additional small-scale matter fluctuations, leading to the formation of dense, early-collapsing dark matter structures known as minihalos. These minihalos may dramatically amplify the dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-18 María Olalla Olea-Romacho , Malcolm Fairbairn , Pranjal Ralegankar

Perturbations to the cosmic baryon density - and thus to the total-matter density - can be induced by magnetohydronamic forces if there are primordial magnetic fields. The power spectrum for these density perturbations was first provided in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-08 Tal Adi , Hector Cruz , Marc Kamionkowski