scholarly journals Primordial magnetism in CMB B modes

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 451-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levon Pogosian ◽  
Tanmay Vachaspati ◽  
Amit Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Frequency Dependence ◽  
Faraday Rotation ◽  
Characteristic Frequency ◽  
Mode Coupling ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Small Scales ◽  
Cmb Polarization ◽  
Primordial Magnetic Fields

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization B modes induced by Faraday rotation (FR) can provide a distinctive signature of primordial magnetic fields because of their characteristic frequency dependence and because they are only weakly damped on small scales. FR also leads to mode-coupling correlations between the E- and B-type polarizations and between the temperature and the B mode. These additional correlations can further help distinguish magnetic fields from other sources of B modes. We review the FR-induced CMB signatures and present the constraints on primordial magnetism that can be expected from upcoming CMB experiments. Our results suggest that FR of CMB will be a promising probe of primordial magnetic fields.

scholarly journals Simulations and observational tests of primordial magnetic fields from Cosmic Microwave Background constraintsok

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (4) ◽  
pp. 5350-5368
Author(s):  
F Vazza ◽  
D Paoletti ◽  
S Banfi ◽  
F Finelli ◽  
C Gheller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Galaxy Clusters ◽  
Faraday Rotation ◽  
Gravitational Effect ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
High Energy Cosmic Rays ◽  
Rotation Measure ◽  
Primordial Magnetic Fields

ABSTRACT We present the first cosmological simulations of primordial magnetic fields derived from the constraints by the Cosmic Microwave Background observations, based on the fields’ gravitational effect on cosmological perturbations. We evolved different primordial magnetic field models with the enzo code and compared their observable signatures (and relative differences) in galaxy clusters, filaments, and voids. The differences in synchrotron radio powers and Faraday rotation measure from galaxy clusters are generally too small to be detected, whereas differences present in filaments will be testable with the higher sensitivity of the Square Kilometre Array. However, several statistical full-sky analyses, such as the cross-correlation between galaxies and diffuse synchrotron power, the Faraday rotation structure functions from background radio galaxies, or the analysis of arrival direction of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, can already be used to constrain these primordial field models.

Cosmic microwave background bispectrum of vector modes induced from primordial magnetic fields

2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maresuke Shiraishi ◽  
Daisuke Nitta ◽  
Shuichiro Yokoyama ◽  
Kiyotomo Ichiki ◽  
Keitaro Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Primordial Magnetic Fields
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