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TY - JOUR
T1 - Cosmic superstrings and primordial magnetogenesis.
AU - Davis, Anne-Christine
AU - Dimopoulos, Konstantinos
PY - 2005/8/15
Y1 - 2005/8/15
N2 - Cosmic superstrings are produced at the end of brane inflation. Their properties are similar to cosmic strings arising in grand unified theories. Like cosmic strings they can give rise to a primordial magnetic field, as a result of vortical motions stirred in the ionized plasma by the gravitational pull of moving string segments. The resulting magnetic field is both strong enough and coherent enough to seed the galactic dynamo and explain the observed magnetic fields of the galaxies.
AB - Cosmic superstrings are produced at the end of brane inflation. Their properties are similar to cosmic strings arising in grand unified theories. Like cosmic strings they can give rise to a primordial magnetic field, as a result of vortical motions stirred in the ionized plasma by the gravitational pull of moving string segments. The resulting magnetic field is both strong enough and coherent enough to seed the galactic dynamo and explain the observed magnetic fields of the galaxies.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.043517
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.043517
M3 - Journal article
VL - 72
SP - 043517
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
SN - 1550-7998
IS - 4
ER -