Tangled magnetic fields and CMBR signal from reionization epoch

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dc.creatorGopal, Rajesh
dc.creatorSethi, Shiv K.
dc.date2005-06-27
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dc.descriptionWe compute the secondary CMBR anisotropy signal from the reionization of the universe in the presence of tangled magnetic fields. We consider the tangled magnetic-field-induced scalar, vector, and tensor modes for our analysis. The most interesting signal for l<10 arise from tensor perturbations. In particular, we show that the enhancement observed by WMAP in the TE cross-correlation signal for l<10 could be explained by tensor TE cross-correlation from tangled magnetic fields generated during the inflationary epoch for magnetic field strength B_0=4.5*10^{-9}G and magnetic field power spectrum spectral index n=-2.9. Alternatively, a mixture of tensor mode signal with primordial scalar modes give weaker bounds on the value of the optical depth to the reionization surface, tau_{reion}=0.11 +/- 0.02. This analysis can also be translated to a limit on the magnetic field strength of nearly 5*10{-9}G for wave-numbers < 0.05 Mpc^{-1}
dc.description28 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Physical Review D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506642
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506642
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D72:103003,2005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.72.103003
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/195216
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleTangled magnetic fields and CMBR signal from reionization epoch
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