Generation of large scale magnetic fields at recombination epoch
arXiv:astro-ph/0305595 · doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2003.11.002
Abstract
It is argued that large scale cosmic magnetic field could be generated in the primeval plasma slightly before hydrogen recombination. Non-zero vorticity, necessary for that, might be created by the photon diffusion in the second order in the temperature fluctuations. The resulting seed fields at galactic scale would be only 4 orders of magnitude smaller than the observed ones and with a mild galactic dynamo amplifying the seed fields by the factor an existence of coherent magnetic fields in galaxies may be explained.
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