2013/11/01 by Shi Chen, Chen, Shi, JiaKun Dan +8
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Earthquake Detection and Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1311.0074
arxiv created 2013/11/01 · openalex publication_date 2013/11/01 · arxiv updated 2013/11/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The possibility of spontaneous magnetization due to the "asymmetry in mass" of charge carriers in a system is investigated. Analysis shows that when the masses of positive and negative charge carriers are identical, no magnetization is predicted. However, if the masses of two species are different, spontaneous magnetic field would appear, either due to the equipartition of magnetic energy or due to fluctuations together with a feedback mechanism. The conditions for magnetization to occur are also obtained, in the form of n-T phase diagram. The theory proposed here, if confirmed by future observations and/or experiments, would provide a new insight on the origin of magnetic fields in the universe.