2007/03/27 by M. J. Longo, Michael J. Longo, Longo, Michael J. · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0703694
Slightly revised text explaining how the multipoles are formed
openalex publication_date 2007/03/27 · arxiv created 2007/03/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
I propose a mechanism that would explain the near alignment of the low order multipoles of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). This mechanism supposes a large-scale cosmic magnetic field that tends to align the cyclotron orbit axes of electrons in hot plasmas along the same direction. Inverse Compton scattering of the CMB photons then imprints this pattern on the CMB, thus causing the low- multipoles to be generally aligned. The spins of the majority of spiral galaxies and that of our own Galaxy appear to be aligned along the cosmic magnetic field.