Numerical simulations of the decay of primordial magnetic turbulence
We perform direct numerical simulations of forced and freely decaying 3D magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in order to model magnetic field evolution during cosmological phase transitions in the early Universe. Our approach assumes the existence of a magnetic field generated either by a process during...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review. D, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 2010-06, Vol.81 (12), p.123002, Article 123002 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We perform direct numerical simulations of forced and freely decaying 3D magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in order to model magnetic field evolution during cosmological phase transitions in the early Universe. Our approach assumes the existence of a magnetic field generated either by a process during inflation or shortly thereafter, or by bubble collisions during a phase transition. We show that the final configuration of the magnetic field depends on the initial conditions, while the velocity field is nearly independent of initial conditions. |
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ISSN: | 1550-7998 0556-2821 1089-4918 1550-2368 1089-4918 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.123002 |