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We study the generation of large scale primordial magnetic fields by a cosmological phase transition during the radiation dominated era. The setting is a theory of N charged scalar fields coupled to an abelian gauge field, that undergoes a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Boyanovsky , H. J. de Vega , M. Simionato

We study the generation of primeval magnetic fields during inflation era in nonlinear theories of electrodynamics. Although the intensity of the produced fields strongly depends on characteristics of inflation and on the form of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Campanelli , P. Cea , G. L. Fogli , L. Tedesco

The origin and maintenance of large scale magnetic fields in the Universe is discussed. A popular idea is that cosmic batteries generate seed magnetic fields which were amplified by magnetic induction due to turbulent motions, at times…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 Kandaswamy Subramanian

We give a derivation for the indirect interaction between two magnetic dipoles induced by the quantized electromagnetic field. It turns out that the interaction between permanent dipoles directly returns to the classical form; the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-19 Jiaxuan Wang , Hui Dong , Sheng-Wen Li

We describe a scenario for large-scale magnetic field generation and particle acceleration in a collisionless collision of cold plasma clouds. A first-principle (i.e. using particles) numerical simulation of this process might be possible.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-03-11 Andrei Gruzinov

Primordial black holes can be produced by density fluctuations generated from delayed vacuum decays of first-order phase transition. The primordial black holes generated at the electroweak phase transition have masses of about $10^{-5}$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-27 Katsuya Hashino , Shinya Kanemura , Tomo Takahashi

The origin of the substantial magnetic fields that are found in galaxies and on even larger scales, such as in clusters of galaxies, is yet unclear. If the second-order couplings between photons and electrons are considered, then…

We in this paper study the generation of primordial magnetic field (PMF) in the non-singular bouncing scenario, through the coupling of the electromagnetic field to gravity. We adopt an electrodynamic model with a coupling coefficient as a…

General Physics · Physics 2017-11-30 Jie-Wen Chen , Chong-Huan Li , Yu-Bin Li , Mian Zhu

The generation of magnetic fields during inflation in an electromagnetic model with a non-local form factor in Maxwell`s action is studied. The equations of motion for the electromagnetic field are derived and solved. It is found that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-28 E. V. Gorbar , T. V. Gorkavenko , V. M. Gorkavenko , O. M. Teslyk

A variety of observations suggest that magnetic fields are present in all galaxies and galaxy clusters. These fields are characterized by a modest strength (10^{-7}-10^{-5} G) and huge spatial scale (~Mpc). It is generally assumed that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Lawrence M. Widrow

We consider the effect of the presence of a hypermagnetic field at the electroweak phase transition. Screening of the Z-component inside a bubble of the broken phase delays the phase transition and makes it stronger first order. We show…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-19 Per Elmfors , Kari Enqvist , Kimmo Kainulainen

In the standard cosmological model, magnetic fields and vorticity are generated during the radiation era via second-order density perturbations. In order to clarify the complicated physics of this second-order magnetogenesis, we use a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tsutomu Kobayashi , Roy Maartens , Tetsuya Shiromizu , Keitaro Takahashi

We demonstrate that the Biermann battery mechanism for the creation of large scale magnetic fields can arise in a simple model protogalaxy. Analytic calculations and numerical simulations follow explicitly the generation of vorticity (and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 George Davies , Lawrence M. Widrow

Using EW-MSSM field theory, so the EWPT is first order, we derive the equations of motion for the gauge fields. With an isospin ansatz we derive e.o.m. for the electrically charged W fields uncoupled from all other fields. These and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-12 Ernest M. Henley , Mikkel B. Johnson , Leonard S. Kisslinger

This paper examines the generation of seed magnetic fields due to the growth of cosmological perturbations. In the radiation era, different rates of scattering from photons induce local differences in the ion and electron density and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. R. Siegel , J. N. Fry

Magnetic fields are observed not only in stars, but in galaxies, clusters, and even high redshift Lyman-alpha systems. In principle, these fields could play an important role in structure formation and also affect the anisotropies in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Roy Maartens

We investigate if the topology of pure gauge fields in the electroweak vacuum can play a role in classical dynamics at the electroweak phase transition. Our numerical analysis shows that magnetic fields are produced if the initial vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-19 Yiyang Zhang , Francesc Ferrer , Tanmay Vachaspati

Magnetic fields are found in many astrophysical objects, ranging from galaxy clusters to the interstellar medium of galaxies and neutron stars. Strong magnetic fields are also observed in massive stars, but it is still unclear how they are…

Magnetic fields are observed in star forming regions. However simulations of the late stages of star formation that do not include magnetic fields provide a good fit to the properties of young stars including the initial mass function (IMF)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 C. J. Nixon , J. E. Pringle

Three-dimensional electron phase space holes are shown to be positive charges on the plasma background which produce a radial electric field and force the trapped electron component into an azimuthal drift. In this way electron holes…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-04-20 R. A. Treumann , W. Baumjohann