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TY - CHAP
T1 - Generating primordial magnetic fields from superconducting cosmic strings.
AU - Dimopoulos, Konstantinos
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We explore the generation of a primordial magnetic field by a network of charged-current carrying cosmic strings. The field is created by vorticity, generated in the primordial plasma due to the strings' motion and gravitational pull. In the case of superconducting strings formed at the breaking of grand unification, it is found that string magnetic fields of high coherence can be generated, which could account for the observed galactic and intergalactic magnetic fields.
AB - We explore the generation of a primordial magnetic field by a network of charged-current carrying cosmic strings. The field is created by vorticity, generated in the primordial plasma due to the strings' motion and gravitational pull. In the case of superconducting strings formed at the breaking of grand unification, it is found that string magnetic fields of high coherence can be generated, which could account for the observed galactic and intergalactic magnetic fields.
M3 - Chapter
SP - 411
EP - 413
BT - COSMO 97: 1st International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe
PB - World Scientific
ER -