Spontaneous Magnetogenesis at the Electroweak Phase Transition

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Hauptverfasser: Domcke, Valerie, Ema, Yohei, Patel, Teerthal
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author Domcke, Valerie
Ema, Yohei
Patel, Teerthal
author_facet Domcke, Valerie
Ema, Yohei
Patel, Teerthal
contents Spontaneous CP violation during the electroweak phase transition can induce a twisting of the magnetic field configuration of Standard Model dumbbells, resulting in sizable intergalactic magnetic fields and a small baryon asymmetry, in agreement with observations. We demonstrate this by coupling the electroweak gauge group of the Standard Model to an axion-like particle with a non-vanishing velocity. Studying the resulting monopole, string and dumbbell configurations, we conclude that the helicity fraction of the magnetic fields generated at the electroweak phase transition is roughly given by the dimensionless axion velocity.
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spellingShingle Spontaneous Magnetogenesis at the Electroweak Phase Transition
Domcke, Valerie
Ema, Yohei
Patel, Teerthal
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Spontaneous CP violation during the electroweak phase transition can induce a twisting of the magnetic field configuration of Standard Model dumbbells, resulting in sizable intergalactic magnetic fields and a small baryon asymmetry, in agreement with observations. We demonstrate this by coupling the electroweak gauge group of the Standard Model to an axion-like particle with a non-vanishing velocity. Studying the resulting monopole, string and dumbbell configurations, we conclude that the helicity fraction of the magnetic fields generated at the electroweak phase transition is roughly given by the dimensionless axion velocity.
title Spontaneous Magnetogenesis at the Electroweak Phase Transition
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10637