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Contribution of the chiral vortical effect to the evolution of the hypermagnetic field and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the early Universe

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Pith's one-line read With nonzero initial vorticity and nonzero matter asymmetry, the chiral vortical effect can generate a hypermagnetic field from zero initial value in the pre-electroweak plasma, after which the chiral magnetic effect amplifies it.

desk verdict Clean mechanism paper showing CVE can seed hypermagnetic fields from zero B, but only under a highly tuned helical ansatz; deserves peer review. read the letter →

arxiv 1908.10105 v2 pith:U3OQUJX2 submitted 2019-08-27 hep-ph

classification hep-ph PACS 98.80.Cq98.62.En
keywords chiralvorticaleffectmagnetichypermagneticfieldprimordialmagnetogenesisbaryonasymmetryleptonanomalousmagnetohydrodynamicsearlyUniverseelectroweakplasma
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The pith

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The reading

This paper claims that the chiral vortical effect (CVE) — the generation of an electric current along fluid vorticity when right- and left-handed fermions are not equally populated — can seed a hypermagnetic field from zero initial strength in the symmetric phase of the early Universe, for temperatures between about 100 GeV and 10 TeV. Once that seed exists, the chiral magnetic effect (CME) amplifies the field until it saturates, and at the same moment the lepton and baryon asymmetries convert suddenly to their final values. With zero initial vorticity nothing happens at all: the field stays zero and the asymmetries stay frozen. Larger initial vorticity produces a stronger seed, a larger maximum field, and an earlier conversion at higher temperature, while the rapid viscous damping of the vorticity barely changes the outcome. The upshot is that magnetogenesis before the electroweak phase transition can begin with $B=0$, provided the plasma carries vorticity plus a matter asymmetry, with the final field set by the initial asymmetries rather than by the seed.

What carries the argument

The object that carries the argument is the fully helical, monochromatic Chern-Simons wave configuration assigned to both vector potentials: $\vec{A}_Y = \gamma(t)(\sin kz, \cos kz, 0)$ for the hypermagnetic field and $\vec{S} = r(t)(\sin kz, \cos kz, 0)$ for the velocity field, giving $\vec{B}_Y = (k/R)\vec{A}_Y$, $\vec{v} = (k/R)\vec{S}$, and $\vec{\omega} = (k/R)\vec{v}$. Because the two potentials share the same wavevector, helicity sign, and spatial alignment, the advection term $\vec{v}\times\vec{B}_Y$ disappears and the plasma is force-free ($\vec{J}\times\vec{B}_Y = 0$), so the vorticity term in the field equation survives only as a source proportional to $\langle \vec{v}\cdot\vec{B}_Y\rangle = v(t)B(t)$. That alignment is what converts the chiral vortical current $\vec{J}_{cv} = c_v\,\vec{\omega}$ with $c_v = (g'/8\pi^2)(\mu_{eR}^2 - \mu_{eL}^2)$ into a driver of field growth from zero.

What would settle it

Solve the full three-dimensional anomalous MHD equations with $B(0)=0$ and a generic spectrum of initial velocity perturbations instead of the single-mode aligned ansatz: if the correlation $\langle \vec{v}\cdot\vec{B}_Y\rangle$ that feeds the CVE source term does not emerge, or emerges with the wrong alignment, the field does not grow from zero. The paper's own Section 5 already demonstrates the sharpness of the condition — swapping to a different basis configuration of the Chern-Simons ansatz annihilates the seed, and opposite helicity suppresses it by about 23 orders of magnitude. A complementary check is to ask whether any realistic pre-electroweak vorticity source (decaying magnetic fields, bubble collisions, or the QCD transition) produces the required same-handedness alignment in the first place.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

The central discovery is a source term. In the anomalous magnetohydrodynamics equation for the hypermagnetic field amplitude, the chiral vortical effect contributes the term $C_5 (y_R^2 - y_L^2)\, v(x) / x^{3/2}$ (the last term of Eq. (3.12)), which is nonzero only when the vorticity amplitude $v(x)$ and the electron chirality imbalance $y_R^2 - y_L^2$ are both nonzero. With the fully helical Chern-Simons wave configuration chosen for both the velocity and the hypermagnetic vector potentials — same wavevector, same helicity, same alignment — the correlation $\langle \vec{v}\cdot\vec{B}_Y\rangle$ reduces to $v(t)B(t)$, so this term acts as a genuine source and the field grows out of $B(0)=0$. The chiral magnetic effect then amplifies the seeded field to a saturation value near $10^{20}$ Gauss at the onset of the electroweak phase transition, and the matter asymmetries convert at a temperature that rises with the initial vorticity. The paper further establishes the correct symmetric-phase vorticity coefficient $c_v = (g'/8\pi^2)(\mu_{eR}^2 - \mu_{eL}^2)$, which vanishes once chirality-flip reactions equalize the two electron chemical potentials — so the vortical effect acts only briefly, yet that brief action is what makes the entire evolution possible.

Load-bearing premise

The result stands on the assumption that the plasma's velocity field and the hypermagnetic field begin as perfectly aligned helical waves with the same wavelength and the same handedness: if the two vector potentials are misaligned the source term $\langle \vec{v}\cdot\vec{B}_Y\rangle$ vanishes and no field is produced, and with opposite handedness the generated field is about 23 orders of magnitude smaller — both limitations stated in the paper's own Section 5.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Magnetogenesis before the electroweak transition needs no pre-existing seed field: a nonzero vorticity plus a nonzero matter asymmetry generates the hypermagnetic field from $B=0$, which the chiral magnetic effect then amplifies.
  • The final hypermagnetic field strength at the electroweak transition — about $10^{20}$ Gauss in the benchmark calculation — depends on the initial matter asymmetries and is nearly independent of the initial vorticity, as long as the vorticity is nonzero.
  • Larger initial vorticity shifts the saturation event to higher temperature, so the conversion of lepton and baryon asymmetries happens earlier in cosmic history.
  • The vortical effect self-terminates: once electron chirality-flip reactions equilibrate the right- and left-handed chemical potentials, $c_v$ vanishes and the CVE switches off, confining its role to the short seeding phase.
  • Viscous damping of the vorticity, although extremely rapid, does not significantly affect the hypermagnetic field or the final asymmetries, because the seed is produced before the vorticity decays.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Editorial inference: the paper's observation that a non-helical field component would make $\vec{J}\times\vec{B}_Y$ nonzero and source new vorticity points to a feedback loop the paper does not follow — magnetic fields regenerating the very vorticity that seeded them, which could prolong the CVE's active window beyond chirality-flip equilibration.
  • Editorial inference: the sharp helicity sensitivity (opposite helicity suppresses the field by about 23 orders of magnitude) means the mechanism doubles as a diagnostic — future measurements of the helicity of intergalactic magnetic fields could constrain the helicity of the pre-electroweak velocity field, which is otherwise unobservable.
  • Editorial inference: because $c_v$ is quadratic in the electron chemical potentials while $c_B$ is linear, one can tune the chemical potentials so that the chiral magnetic current vanishes while the chiral vortical current does not (e.g., $-2\mu_{eR} + \mu_{eL} - \frac{3}{4}\mu_B = 0$ with $\mu_{eR}^2 \ne \mu_{eL}^2$); the paper does not study this CVE-only regime.
  • Editorial inference: a direct testable extension is to replace the single-mode ansatz with a broadband spectrum of wavevectors — the paper asserts the seed would still be produced, but the magnitude and sign of $\langle \vec{v}\cdot\vec{B}_Y\rangle$ for a realistic spectrum remain an open calculation.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 5 minor

Summary. The paper extends earlier anomalous magnetohydrodynamics (AMHD) studies by adding the chiral vortical effect (CVE) to the evolution of hypermagnetic fields and matter asymmetries in the symmetric phase, for temperatures 100 GeV to 10 TeV. The authors adopt a fully helical, monochromatic Chern-Simons ansatz for both the hypermagnetic vector potential and the velocity vector potential, with the same wavevector and helicity. Within this ansatz they derive a closed set of ordinary differential equations for the right- and left-handed lepton asymmetries, the baryon asymmetry, the hypermagnetic field amplitude, and the velocity amplitude. The central numerical result is that, starting from zero hypermagnetic field but nonzero initial right-handed electron asymmetry and nonzero initial vorticity, the CVE source term in Eq. (3.12) generates a seed field that the chiral magnetic effect then amplifies; the saturation value of the field and the temperature at which the asymmetries are converted depend on the initial velocity. The paper also examines the effect of viscosity and finds that while it damps the velocity field quickly, the qualitative evolution is similar in the viscous and inviscid cases.

Significance. If the result is taken as an existence proof, the paper is a useful contribution to the AMHD literature. It provides a transparent derivation of the chiral vortical coefficient in the symmetric phase from the Standard Model hypercharge assignments, reduces the coupled system to a compact ODE set, and demonstrates numerically that, for the chosen ansatz, the CVE can seed a hypermagnetic field from B=0. The authors are candid in Section 5 about the restrictive nature of the configuration. The broader claim of cosmological relevance, however, is not yet supported: the seed mechanism depends on a specially prepared, measure-zero initial field configuration, and the input matter asymmetry is many orders of magnitude larger than the observationally inferred baryon asymmetry. The paper is therefore best read as a consistent proof of principle rather than as a complete magnetogenesis scenario.

major comments (3)
  1. [Section 5; Eqs. (2.24)-(2.25)] The central claim that the hypermagnetic field can grow from zero initial value only in the presence of nonzero vorticity is established only for the exactly aligned, same-helicity, single-mode Chern-Simons ansatz. The paper itself states in Section 5 that if the vector potentials are chosen in different basis configurations, the dot product in Eqs. (3.6) and (3.8) vanishes and no seed field is produced, and that with opposite helicity the generated BY and eta_B are about 23 orders of magnitude smaller. Since no physical mechanism is given for producing or maintaining this alignment and helicity in the early Universe, the abstract's claim overreaches. The authors should either supply a physical production mechanism for the aligned initial data or explicitly reframe the result as conditional on the ansatz.
  2. [Section 4, initial conditions] The numerical solutions use y_R(0)=10^3 with y_L(0)=y_B(0)=0. Using the paper's definition y_B = (4e4 pi^2 g*/15) eta_B, the observed baryon asymmetry eta_B ~ 1e-10 corresponds to y_B ~ 3e-8, so the initial right-handed electron asymmetry is more than ten orders of magnitude larger than the asymmetry the model is intended to explain. No mechanism is provided for generating such a large lepton asymmetry at T ~ 10 TeV, and the paper does not show whether observationally plausible initial asymmetries would still give a seed. This input is load-bearing because the saturation values and transition temperatures are controlled by the initial matter asymmetries.
  3. [Section 4; Eq. (3.13)] The initial velocity v0 is scanned over fifteen orders of magnitude (10^-18 to 10^-3) without a physical estimate of the vorticity amplitude or correlation scale produced in the symmetric phase. Since the seed term in Eq. (3.12) is proportional to v(x) and the velocity decays exponentially through viscosity, the quantitative predictions such as the saturation temperature depend on the magnitude and lifetime of this unmodeled input. The paper should either motivate v0 from a concrete source (e.g., turbulence, phase-transition dynamics, or some other vorticity-generation mechanism) or present the results as a parameter study with an explicit statement that the initial vorticity is a free parameter.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Abstract] The temperature range is written as 100GeV < T < 10TeV in the abstract text but as 100GeV <= T <= 10TeV in the body; these should be made consistent.
  2. [Section 3, Eq. (3.3)] The text reads 'Plank mass' and should read 'Planck mass'; the same typo appears in the reference list.
  3. [Section 5] There is a capitalization typo: 'Then, The seed hypermagnetic field' should be 'Then, the seed hypermagnetic field'.
  4. [Various] The manuscript has several spacing and hyphenation issues, such as 'Cher n-Simons' in the footnote to Section 2 and 'M nchen' in the final reference; a careful proofread would be helpful.
  5. [Figures 1 and 2] The figures would be easier to interpret if the caption explicitly stated that the dotted lines in Figure 2 correspond to the inviscid case and if the transition region in Figure 1(e) were marked with the critical temperature values quoted in the text.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the CVE seed term is derived from anomaly coefficients and Standard Model couplings, not fitted, and the alignment ansatz is explicit and disclosed.

full rationale

The paper's central result follows from the evolution equations it derives: the only term in Eq. (3.12) that can seed a hypermagnetic field from B_Y(0)=0 is C5 (y_R^2 - y_L^2) v(x)/x^(3/2), with C5 constructed from g', pi, and k, and v(x) is an initial condition that is scanned rather than tuned. The vorticity coefficient c_v in Eq. (2.20) is obtained from the anomaly coefficients in Eq. (2.10) and the Standard Model hypercharges, not from the final field values, and c_B is handled similarly. The choice of aligned, fully helical single-mode vector potentials in Eqs. (2.24)-(2.25) is an explicit ansatz, and the paper itself discloses in Sec. 5 that a different basis choice suppresses the seed and that opposite helicity reduces the generated field by about 23 orders of magnitude, so the conditional nature of the result is not hidden. Self-citations to the authors' prior works [35,38] appear for the previously studied CME coefficient and saturation behavior, but the new CVE source term is derived independently and the conclusion does not reduce to those citations. No fitted parameter is renamed as a prediction, and no load-bearing premise is justified solely by a self-citation; the derivation is self-contained given its stated assumptions.

Assumptions & free parameters 4 free parameters · 6 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central mechanism rests on four hand-chosen inputs (wavenumber, initial right-handed asymmetry, initial velocity scan, and helicity alignment) and six background assumptions about the plasma and the Standard Model; no new particles or forces are introduced.

free parameters (4)
  • Comoving wavenumber k = 10^-7 (GeV units)
    Single-mode scale of the Chern-Simons ansatz (Eqs. 2.24-2.25); enters all constants C1-C6 in Eq. (3.14); chosen by hand, not derived from a spectrum.
  • Initial right-handed electron asymmetry y_R(0) = 10^3 (xi_eR = 0.1)
    Initial chemical potential input at T = 10 TeV (Sec. 4); sets the magnitude of final matter asymmetries and the saturation value of BY; not derived from a baryogenesis mechanism.
  • Initial velocity amplitude v0 = 0, 10^-18, 10^-10, 10^-3
    Scanned in Fig. 1; the final field and asymmetries are nearly independent of v0 as long as v0 is nonzero, but a nonzero initial vorticity is an essential input for the seed.
  • Helicity and alignment choice = positive helicity, same basis for A_Y and S
    Basis configurations (2.24)-(2.25) chosen for maximum efficacy; with other configurations the seed term vanishes or shrinks by about 23 orders of magnitude (Sec. 5).
assumptions (6)
  • domain assumption Only first-generation lepton and baryon chemical potentials contribute to cv and cB (Eqs. 2.20-2.21).
    Reduces the generation sums to a single generation; needed to close Eqs. (3.10)-(3.15).
  • domain assumption Quark chemical potentials satisfy mu_uR = mu_dR = mu_Q and the Higgs asymmetry is zero; mu_Q = mu_B/12 (Eq. 2.17 and text after Eq. 2.21).
    Taken from equilibrium conditions and the authors' prior work [38]; enters the c_B coefficient.
  • domain assumption The plasma is homogeneous and incompressible with vanishing pressure gradient; the Navier-Stokes equation reduces to dv/dt = -nu k'^2 v (Eq. 2.32).
    Needed to decouple velocity evolution from the field dynamics; standard in prior AMHD treatments.
  • ad hoc to paper The single-mode, fully helical Chern-Simons ansatz (Eqs. 2.24-2.25) represents the early-Universe fields and makes curl B proportional to B, so J x B = 0.
    Maximally efficient, but not derived from dynamics; the seed effect vanishes for other basis choices (Sec. 5).
  • domain assumption Transport inputs sigma = 100T, nu = 1/(5 alpha_Y^2 T), g_* = 106.75, and the chirality-flip rate Gamma_RL (Eq. 3.3) are valid in this temperature range.
    Standard plasma parameters from the literature; control the damping and source timescales.
  • standard math The Abelian anomaly equations (3.1) and conservation of B - L and flavor charges hold as in the Standard Model.
    Basis for Eqs. (3.4)-(3.5) and (3.15); textbook anomaly physics.

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In this paper, we study the contribution of the chiral vortical effect, in addition to that of the chiral magnetic effect, to the evolution of the hypermagnetic field and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the symmetric phase of the early Universe in the temperature range 100GeV < T < 10TeV. We choose a fully helical Chern-Simons wave configuration for the velocity and the hypermagnetic vector potential fields. The latter makes the plasma force-free in the absence of viscosity. We show that the most pronounced effect of the chiral vorticity is the production and initial growth of the hypermagnetic field. In particular, we show that in the presence of a non-zero matter asymmetry, the hypermagnetic field can grow from zero initial value only in the presence of a non-zero vorticity field. Moreover, we show that larger initial growths not only result in larger maximum values of the hypermagnetic field, but also cause the saturation of the hypermagnetic field and the conversion of the lepton-baryon asymmetry to occur more quickly, i.e., at a higher temperature. We show that the damping of the vorticity due to the presence of viscosity, which typically occurs extremely rapidly, does not significantly affect the evolution.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Time plots of the lepton and the baryon asymmetries and the hypermagnetic field amplitude in the presence of the viscosity with the initial conditions k = 10−7 , B (0) Y = 0, y (0) R = 103 , and y (0) L = y (0) B = 0. The solid line is for v0 = 10−3 , large dashed line for v0 = 10−10 , dashed line for v0 = 10−18, and dotted line for v0 = 0. a: Left-handed lepton asymmetry, ηeL . b: Right-handed lepton asymmetry, ηeR… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Time plots of the lepton and the baryon asymmetries and the hypermagnetic field amplitude with the initial conditions y (0) R = 103 , B (0) Y = 0, and y (0) L = y (0) B = 0, and v0 = 10−10 . Dashed line is obtained for non-zero viscosity and dotted line for zero viscosity. a: Left-handed lepton asymmetry, ηeL . b: Right-handed lepton asymmetry, ηeR . c: Baryon asymmetry, ηB. d: The amplitude of the hypermagnetic fie… view at source ↗

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