Recombination era magnetic fields from axion dark matter

Nilanjan Banik and Adam J. Christopherson
Phys. Rev. D 93, 043003 – Published 4 February 2016

Abstract

We introduce a new mechanism for generating magnetic fields in the recombination era. This Harrison-like mechanism utilizes vorticity in baryons that is sourced through the Bose-Einstein condensate of axions via gravitational interactions. The magnetic fields generated are on galactic scales 10kpc and have a magnitude of the order of B1023G today. The field has a greater magnitude than those generated from other mechanisms relying on second-order perturbation theory, and is sufficient to provide a seed for battery mechanisms.

  • Received 14 July 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.043003

© 2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Authors & Affiliations

Nilanjan Banik1,2,* and Adam J. Christopherson1,†

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
  • 2Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA

  • *banik@phys.ufl.edu
  • achristopherson@ufl.edu

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Vol. 93, Iss. 4 — 15 February 2016

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