THE STABILITY OF PRIMORDIAL MAGNETIC-FIELDS PRODUCED BY PHASE-TRANSITIONS

Authors
MARTIN AP DAVIS AC
Citation
Ap. Martin et Ac. Davis, THE STABILITY OF PRIMORDIAL MAGNETIC-FIELDS PRODUCED BY PHASE-TRANSITIONS, Physics letters. Section B, 360(1-2), 1995, pp. 71-76
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
360
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
71 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)360:1-2<71:TSOPMP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Primordial magnetic fields seem to be a generic relic of phase transit ions in the early universe. We consider a primordial electromagnetic f ield formed as a result of a second-order phase transition, and show t hat it is stable to thermal fluctuations in the period immediately fol lowing. We also show how such a field arises in first order phase tran sitions. In both cases there is a transitive electric field produced d uring the transition.