Primordial magnetogenesis from a supercooled dynamical electroweak phase transition

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Main Authors: Tupia, Martin Arteaga, Ghoshal, Anish, Strumia, Alessandro
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author Tupia, Martin Arteaga
Ghoshal, Anish
Strumia, Alessandro
author_facet Tupia, Martin Arteaga
Ghoshal, Anish
Strumia, Alessandro
contents Observations of $γ$-ray from blazars suggest the presence of magnetic fields in the intergalactic medium, which may require a primordial origin. Intense enough primordial magnetic fields can arise from theories of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking during the big bang, where supercooling is ended by a strongly first order phase transition. We consider theories involving new scalars and possibly vectors, including thermal particle dark matter candidates. Intense enough magnetic fields can arise if the reheating temperature after the phase transition is below a few TeV. The same dynamics also leaves testable primordial gravitational waves and possibly primordial black holes.
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spellingShingle Primordial magnetogenesis from a supercooled dynamical electroweak phase transition
Tupia, Martin Arteaga
Ghoshal, Anish
Strumia, Alessandro
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Observations of $γ$-ray from blazars suggest the presence of magnetic fields in the intergalactic medium, which may require a primordial origin. Intense enough primordial magnetic fields can arise from theories of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking during the big bang, where supercooling is ended by a strongly first order phase transition. We consider theories involving new scalars and possibly vectors, including thermal particle dark matter candidates. Intense enough magnetic fields can arise if the reheating temperature after the phase transition is below a few TeV. The same dynamics also leaves testable primordial gravitational waves and possibly primordial black holes.
title Primordial magnetogenesis from a supercooled dynamical electroweak phase transition
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16387