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Magnetogenesis from Rotating Cosmic String Loops
Thorsten Battefeld
We present a mechanism to create vortices in a plasma via gravitational dragging behind rotating cosmic string loops. The vortical motions create magnetic fields by means of the Ha…
astro-ph2007★ 21 cited
Magnetogenesis from Cosmic String Loops
Diana Battefeld, Thorsten Battefeld, Daniel H. Wesley +1
Large-scale coherent magnetic fields are observed in galaxies and clusters, but their ultimate origin remains a mystery. We reconsider the prospects for primordial magnetogenesis b…