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Applying the known physics of plasmas to the evolution of galaxies and quasars in the Early Universe, a unique "Strong" Magnetic Field Modsl (SMF) was created that explains the origin of a very large-scale primordial magnetic field in each…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Howard D. Greyber

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

Helical intergalactic magnetic fields at the $\sim 10^{-14}~{\rm G}$ level on $\sim 10~{\rm Mpc}$ length scales are indicated by current gamma ray observations. The existence of magnetic fields in cosmic voids and their non-trivial helicity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Tanmay Vachaspati

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

The magnetic fields of spiral galaxies are so strong that they cannot be primordial. Their typical values are over one billion times higher than any value predicted for the early Universe. Explaining this immense growth and incorporating it…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-30 Evangelia Ntormousi , Konstantinos Tassis , Fabio Del Sordo , Francesca Fragkoudi , Rüdiger Pakmor

The hot plasma above the electroweak scale contains (hyper) charged scalar particles which are coupled to Abelian gauge fields. Scalars may interact with gravity in a non-conformally invariant way and thus their fluctuations can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Giovannini , M. Shaposhnikov

We propose that the overlapping shock fronts from young supernova remnants produce a locally unsteady, but globally steady large scale spiral shock front in spiral galaxies, where star formation and therefore massive star explosions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter L. Biermann , Cristina F. Galea

We consider the possibility that cosmic magnetic field, instead of being uniformly distributed, is strongly correlated with the large scale structure of the universe. Then, the observed rotational measure of extra-galactic radio sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang , Peter L. Biermann

The origin and growth of magnetic fields in galaxies is still something of an enigma. It is generally assumed that seed fields are amplified over time through the dynamo effect, but there are few constraints on the timescale. It has…

The origin of the seeds of galactic magnetic fields is a subject that remains under debate. Here we will explore a simple source based on tiny charge asymmetries in slowly rotating protogalaxies. We use current knowledge of galaxy formation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-31 Nelson D. Padilla , Juan Racker , Ignacio J. Araya , Federico Stasyszyn

The origin and evolution of magnetic fields in the Universe is still an open question. Their observations in galaxies suggest strong magnetic fields already at high redshift as well as at present time. However, neither primordial magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-21 Michael Rieder , Romain Teyssier

Several lines of evidence suggest that protogalactic and galactic environments manage to grow magnetic field very rapidly. This makes the theoretical problem of achieving rapid growth of magnetic fields in such environments difficult.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. S. Balsara , J. S. Kim , M. M. Mac Low , G. Mathews

We argue that the first stars may have spanned the conventional mass range rather than be identified with the Very Massive Objects (100-1000 solar masses) favoured by numerical simulations. Specifically, we find that magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Joseph Silk , Mathieu Langer

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

Interstellar magnetic fields in elliptical galaxies are assumed to have their origin in stellar fields that accompany normal mass loss from an evolving population of old stars. The seed fields are amplified by interstellar turbulence driven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 William G. Mathews , Fabrizio Brighenti

In this paper we show that noncommutativity in spatial coordinates can generate magnetic field in the early Universe on a horizon scale. The strength of such a magnetic field depends on the number density of massive charged particles…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-07 Anupam Mazumdar , Mohammad M. Sheikh-Jabbari

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

We show that a primeval seed magnetic field arises due to spin-degeneracy breaking of fermions caused by the dragging of inertial frames in the curved spacetime of rotating astrophysical bodies. This seed magnetic field would arise even due…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-31 Golam Mortuza Hossain , Susobhan Mandal

Magnetic fields are everywhere in nature and they play an important role in every astronomical environment which involves the formation of plasma and currents. It is natural therefore to suppose that magnetic fields could be present in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-22 Dai G. Yamazaki , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Toshitaka Kajino , Grant J. Mathew

It is shown that the standard cosmological model predicts {\it ab initio} generation of large-scale but very small-amplitude cosmic magnetic fields at the epoch of recombination of the primeval plasma. Matter velocities dominated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Craig J. Hogan