Display options
Cite
Poltis R, Stojkovic D. Can primordial magnetic fields seeded by electroweak strings cause an alignment of quasar axes on cosmological scales?. Phys Rev Lett. 2010;105(16):161301doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.161301.
Poltis, R., & Stojkovic, D. (2010). Can primordial magnetic fields seeded by electroweak strings cause an alignment of quasar axes on cosmological scales?. Physical review letters, 105(16), 161301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.161301
Poltis, Robert, and Stojkovic, Dejan. "Can primordial magnetic fields seeded by electroweak strings cause an alignment of quasar axes on cosmological scales?." Physical review letters vol. 105,16 (2010): 161301. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.161301
Poltis R, Stojkovic D. Can primordial magnetic fields seeded by electroweak strings cause an alignment of quasar axes on cosmological scales?. Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Oct 15;105(16):161301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.161301. Epub 2010 Oct 11. PMID: 21230960.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Oct 15;105(16):161301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.161301. Epub 2010 Oct 11.

Can primordial magnetic fields seeded by electroweak strings cause an alignment of quasar axes on cosmological scales?.

Physical review letters

Robert Poltis, Dejan Stojkovic

Affiliations

  1. HEPCOS, Department of Physics, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-1500, USA.

PMID: 21230960 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.161301

Abstract

The decay of nontopological electroweak strings may leave an observable imprint in the Universe today in the form of primordial magnetic fields. Protogalaxies preferentially tend to form with their axis of rotation parallel to an external magnetic field, and, moreover, an external magnetic field produces torque which tends to align the galaxy axis with the magnetic field. We demonstrate that the shape of a magnetic field left over from two looped electroweak strings can explain the observed nontrivial alignment of quasar polarization vectors and make predictions for future observations.

Publication Types