Primordial magnetic field limits from cosmological data

2010/09/10 by Tina Kahniashvili, Alexander G. Tevzadze, A. G. Tevzadze +4 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Big Bang nucleosynthesis #COSMIC cancer database #Cosmic microwave background #Cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Faraday effect #Field (mathematics) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Magnetic field #Nucleosynthesis #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Quantum mechanics #Stars #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.82.083005

published as Phys.Rev.D82:083005,2010 · 7 pages, 6 figures

arxiv created 2010/09/10 · openalex publication_date 2010/10/15 · arxiv updated 2010/10/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We study limits on a primordial magnetic field arising from cosmological data, including that from big bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background polarization plane Faraday rotation limits, and large-scale structure formation. We show that the physically relevant quantity is the value of the effective magnetic field, and limits on it are independent of how the magnetic field was generated.

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