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arxiv: 1507.03001 · v2 · pith:OFWIXGXQnew · submitted 2015-07-10 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · hep-ph

Recombination era magnetic fields from axion dark matter

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keywords fieldsmagneticgeneratedmagnitudemechanismmechanismsorderrecombination
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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 the galactic scales $\sim 10\,{\rm kpc}$ and have a magnitude of the order of $B\sim10^{-23}\,{\rm G}$ 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.

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