Relics of the Big Bang: Primordial Magnetic Fields Found?
In the first fractions of a second after the birth of our universe, not only elementary particles and radiation, but also magnetic fields were generated. A team led by the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching has now calculated what these magnetic fields should look like today in the universe – in great detail and in 3D.
Credit: © MPI for Astrophysics
In addition to a number of highly speculative mechanisms, which have been proposed for this so-called magnetogenesis, there is a simple plasma-physical effect: the Harrison effect. This must have produced magnetic fields at the Big Bang. Vortex movements in the plasma of the early universe produced electric currents due to friction, thus inducing a magnetic field.
Knowing the plasma vortices at that early time, one could calculate in detail how these magnetic fields were generated. If one also knew the plasma motions since then, one could calculate what these magnetic fields should look like today.
Credit: © MPI for Astrophysics
The necessary information is contained in the distribution of the galaxies around us, as this is the result of the motion of matter since the early universe. Today we know the laws leading to the formation of galaxies quite well. This enables us – from today’s galaxy distribution – to trace the evolution of matter distribution quite accurately. With this information, it is possible to predict the magnetic fields generated by the Harrison effect in today’s universe.
An international team led by the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics used this logic to calculate today’s remnants of the primordial magnetic fields in our cosmic neighbourhood. To this end, the researchers first investigated the distribution of galaxies in our neighbourhood and calculated the distribution of matter at the time of the Big Bang. They took into account the Harrison effect and finally translated the fields produced with it back into the present. The scientists were thus able to predict the structure and morphology of the primordial magnetic field in the surrounding 300 million light years.
Contacts and sources:
Dr. Hannelore Hämmerle, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Torsten Enßlin Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics,
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