Can the observed large scale magnetic fields be seeded by helical primordial fields?

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Caprini, Chiara ^a   Durrer, Ruth ^b   Fenu, Elisa ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gravitational waves theory; Magnetohydrodynamics; Primordial magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449945187     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/11/001     Document Type: Article

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