Forward cascade of large-scale primordial magnetic fields during structure formation
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| author | Abramson, Molly Clarke, Emma Kahniashvili, Tina Mandal, Sayan Mtchedlidze, Salome Schober, Jennifer |
| author_facet | Abramson, Molly Clarke, Emma Kahniashvili, Tina Mandal, Sayan Mtchedlidze, Salome Schober, Jennifer |
| contents | The origin of large scale magnetic fields in the Universe is widely thought to be from early Universe processes, like inflation or phase transitions. These magnetic fields evolve via magnetohydrodynamic processes until the epoch of recombination. When structures begin to form in the later Universe, the conservation of magnetic flux amplifies the magnetic fields via the adiabatic collapse of gravitationally bound gas clouds hosting the magnetic fields and moves them to smaller scales. In this work, we have semi-analytically studied this forward cascade effect, considering simple models of gravitational collapse of structures. We find that this simple model is able to reproduce the general qualitative features of the evolution of the magnetic field spectrum as seen from magnetized cosmological simulations. |
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| spellingShingle | Forward cascade of large-scale primordial magnetic fields during structure formation Abramson, Molly Clarke, Emma Kahniashvili, Tina Mandal, Sayan Mtchedlidze, Salome Schober, Jennifer Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Physics - Phenomenology The origin of large scale magnetic fields in the Universe is widely thought to be from early Universe processes, like inflation or phase transitions. These magnetic fields evolve via magnetohydrodynamic processes until the epoch of recombination. When structures begin to form in the later Universe, the conservation of magnetic flux amplifies the magnetic fields via the adiabatic collapse of gravitationally bound gas clouds hosting the magnetic fields and moves them to smaller scales. In this work, we have semi-analytically studied this forward cascade effect, considering simple models of gravitational collapse of structures. We find that this simple model is able to reproduce the general qualitative features of the evolution of the magnetic field spectrum as seen from magnetized cosmological simulations. |
| title | Forward cascade of large-scale primordial magnetic fields during structure formation |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00694 |