Ingredients and equations for making a magnetic field in the early universe

May, 1996
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 380 (1996) 253-256
e-Print:
Report number:
  • MPI-PHT-96-16

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Abstract: (arXiv)
The ingredients required to create a magnetic field in the early Universe are identified, and compared with Sakharov's conditions for baryogenesis. It is also shown that a long range coherent magnetic field is not generated by the classical rolling Higgs vacuum expectation value during the electroweak phase transition.
Note:
  • 11 pages, standard latex, to be published in Phys. Lett B Report-no: MPI-PhT-96-16
  • astrophysics
  • magnetic field: coherence
  • baryon: asymmetry
  • critical phenomena
  • Maxwell equation
  • symmetry breaking
  • Higgs model