Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aps..aprc12004m&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, 2009 APS April Meeting, May 2-5, 2009, abstract #C12.004
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
Magnetic fields play an important role in many astronomical phenomena on various cosmological scales. In particular, a primordial magnetic field (PMF) could manifest itself in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropies, and also in the formation of large- scale structure. We have developed a new high-precision theoretical framework in which to calculate the CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies, along with the matter power spectrum generated when a power-law PMF is present at the epoch of photon last-scattering. We discuss prelimminary evidence that the existing accumulated data on both the matter and CMB power spectra on small angular scales fixes both the upper and lower limits to the magnetic field strength and power spectral index. We find parameter values for the amplitude of the PMF of 2.248 nG < B < 3.055 nG and a spectral index in the range -2.387 < n < -1.367 at the present scale of 1 Mpc. This may be the first direct evidence that a primordial magnetic field was indeed present during the big bang.
Ichiki Kiyotomo
Kajino Toshitaka
Mathews Grant
Yamazaki Dai
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