Published November 1, 2011 | Version v1
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Chern-Simons anomaly as polarization effect

Creators

  • 1. Pushkov Institute of the Terrestrial Magnetism, the Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Moscow region, 142190 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. AHEP Group, Institut de Física Corpuscular — C.S.I.C./Universitat de València, Edificio Institutos de Paterna, Apt 22085, E-46071 Valencia (Spain)

Description

The parity violating Chern-Simons term in the epoch before the electroweak phase transition can be interpreted as a polarization effect associated to massless right-handed electrons (positrons) in the presence of a large-scale seed hypermagnetic field. We reconfirm the viability of a unified seed field scenario relating the cosmological baryon asymmetry and the origin of the protogalactic large-scale magnetic fields observed in astronomy

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/048

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/048;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2011
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 048
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45101638
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; ASYMMETRY; BARYONS; COSMOLOGY; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARITY; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; POLARIZATION; POSITRONS
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICS