Published 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

The generation of matter-antimatter asymmetries and hypermagnetic fields by the chiral vortical effect of transient fluctuations

  • 1. Department of Physics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 2. School of Particles and Accelerators, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), P.O.Box 19395-5531, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, 44106, Cleveland, OH (United States)

Description

We study the contribution of the temperature-dependent chiral vortical effect to the generation and evolution of hypermagnetic fields and matter-antimatter asymmetries, in the symmetric phase of the early Universe, in the temperature range 100 GeV ≤ T ≤ 10 TeV. Our most important result is that, due to the chiral vortical effect, small overlapping transient fluctuations in the vorticity field in the plasma and temperature of matter degrees of freedom can lead to the generation of strong hypermagnetic fields and matter-antimatter asymmetries, all starting from zero initial values. We show that, either an increase in the amplitudes of the fluctuations of vorticity or temperature, or a decrease in their widths, leads to the production of stronger hypermagnetic fields, and therefore, larger matter-antimatter asymmetries. We have the interesting result that fluctuating vorticity fields are more productive, by many orders of magnitude, as compared to vorticities that are constant in time.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
1434-6052
CODEN
EPCFFB

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
52111987
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ANTIMATTER; CHIRALITY; FLUCTUATIONS; GEV RANGE; SYMMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEV RANGE; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY RANGE; MATTER; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; VARIATIONS

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