ON PRIMORDIAL MAGNETIC-FIELDS OF ELECTROWEAK ORIGIN

被引:143
作者
ENQVIST, K [1 ]
OLESEN, P [1 ]
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[1] UNIV COPENHAGEN,NIELS BOHR INST,DK-2100 COPENHAGEN,DENMARK
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10.1016/0370-2693(93)90799-N
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We consider Vachaspati's primordial magnetic field which is generated at the electroweak phase transition. Assuming that either the gradients of the Higgs field or, alternatively, the magnetic field itself are stochastic variables with a normal distribution, we find that the resulting magnetic field has an RMS value in the present-day universe which is fully consistent with what is required for the galactic dynamo mechanism.
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