Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2010-04-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
37 pages, 8 figures, minor changes, accepted for publication in JCAP
Scientific paper
We analyze the possibility of primordial magnetic field amplification by a stochastic large scale kinematic dynamo during reheating. We consider a charged scalar field minimally coupled to gravity. During inflation this field is assumed to be in its vacuum state. At the transition to reheating the state of the field changes to a many particle/anti-particle state. We characterize that state as a fluid flow of zero mean velocity but with a stochastic velocity field. We compute the scale-dependent Reynolds number $% Re(k)$, and the characteristic times for decay of turbulence, $t_{d}$ and pair annihilation $t_{a}$, finding $t_{a}<< t_{d}$. We calculate the rms value of the kinetic helicity of the flow over a scale $\mathcal{L}$ and show that it does not vanish. We use this result to estimate the amplification factor of a seed field from the stochastic kinematic dynamo equations. Although this effect is weak, it shows that the evolution of the cosmic magnetic field from reheating to galaxy formation may well be more complex than as dictated by simple flux freezing.
Calzetta Esteban
Kandus Alejandra
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