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Primordial magnetic fields from pseudo-Goldstone bosons

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arxiv hep-ph/9209238 v1 pith:IYG56LNQ submitted 1992-09-15 hep-ph astro-ph

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The existence of large-scale magnetic fields in galaxies is well established, but there is no accepted mechanism for generating a primordial field which could grow into what is observed today. We discuss a model which attempts to account for the necessary primordial field by invoking a pseudo-Goldstone boson coupled to electromagnetism. The evolution of this boson during inflation generates a magnetic field; however, it seems difficult on rather general grounds to obtain fields of sufficient strength on astrophysically interesting scales.

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