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On the Detection of Magnetic Helicity

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Tina Kahniashvili (1, 2), Tanmay Vachaspati (3) ((1) Kansas State University (USA), (2) Center for Plasma Astrophysics (Georgia), (3) Case Western Reserve University (USA))

Astrophysics · Submitted 14 Nov 2005

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The authors' main claim We show that the correlator of the arrival momenta of the cosmic rays is sensitive to the helicity of an intervening magnetic field.

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Citation2), (2) Center for Plasma Astrophysics (Georgia), (3) Case Western Reserve University (USA)), Tanmay Vachaspati (3) ((1) Kansas State University (USA), Tina Kahniashvili (1. "On the Detection of Magnetic Helicity." arXiv:astro-ph/0511373 (2005). https://pith.science/paper/QXHSIWBJ
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Magnetic fields in various astrophysical settings may be helical and, in the cosmological context, may provide a measure of primordial CP violation during baryogenesis. Yet it is difficult, even in principle, to devise a scheme by which magnetic helicity may be detected, except in some very special systems. We propose that charged cosmic rays originating from known sources may be useful for this purpose. We show that the correlator of the arrival momenta of the cosmic rays is sensitive to the helicity of an intervening magnetic field. If the sources themselves are not known, the method may still be useful provided we have some knowledge of their spatial distribution.

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s0 Magnetic fields in various astrophysical settings may be helical and, in the cosmological context, may provide a measure of primordial CP violation during baryogenesis. background 1.00 0.04 0.03 hedged possibility 1.00
s1 Yet it is difficult, even in principle, to devise a scheme by which magnetic helicity may be detected, except in some very special systems. gap 0.88 0.05 0.03 asserted 0.91
s2 We propose that charged cosmic rays originating from known sources may be useful for this purpose. contribution 0.80 0.31 0.15 hedged possibility 0.97
s3 We show that the correlator of the arrival momenta of the cosmic rays is sensitive to the helicity of an intervening magnetic field. result 0.73 0.90 0.76 asserted 1.00
s4 If the sources themselves are not known, the method may still be useful provided we have some knowledge of their spatial distribution. limitation 0.75 0.42 0.08 hedged possibility 1.00

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Magnetic fields in various astrophysical settings may be helical and, in the cosmological context, may provide a measure of primordial CP violation during baryogenesis. Yet it is difficult, even in principle, to devise a scheme by which magnetic helicity may be detected, except in some very special systems. We propose that charged cosmic rays originating from known sources may be useful for this purpose. We show that the correlator of the arrival momenta of the cosmic rays is sensitive to the helicity of an intervening magnetic field. If the sources themselves are not known, the method may still be useful provided we have some knowledge of their spatial distribution.

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