Relic Gravitational Waves from the Chiral Magnetic Effect

dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorBrandenburg, Axelen_US
dc.contributor.authorHe, Yutongen_US
dc.contributor.authorKahniashvili, Tinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorRheinhardt, Matthiasen_US
dc.contributor.authorSchober, Jenniferen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen
dc.contributor.groupauthorProfessorship Korpi-Lagg Maariten
dc.contributor.organizationIlia State Universityen_US
dc.contributor.organizationStockholm Universityen_US
dc.contributor.organizationÈcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-12T06:35:13Z
dc.date.available2021-05-12T06:35:13Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-20en_US
dc.description| openaire: EC/H2020/694896/EU//NuBSM | openaire: EC/H2020/818665/EU//UniSDyn
dc.description.abstractRelic gravitational waves (GWs) can be produced by primordial magnetic fields. However, not much is known about the resulting GW amplitudes and their dependence on the details of the generation mechanism. Here we treat magnetic field generation through the chiral magnetic effect (CME) as a generic mechanism and explore its dependence on the speed of generation (the product of magnetic diffusivity and characteristic wavenumber) and the speed characterizing the maximum magnetic field strength expected from the CME. When the latter exceeds the former (regime I), which is the regime applicable to the early universe, we obtain an inverse cascade with moderate GW energy that scales with the third power of the magnetic energy. When the generation speed exceeds the CME limit (regime II), the GW energy continues to increase without a corresponding increase of magnetic energy. In the early kinematic phase, the GW energy spectrum (per linear wavenumber interval) has opposite slopes in both regimes and is characterized by an inertial range spectrum in regime I and a white noise spectrum in regime II. The occurrence of these two slopes is shown to be a generic consequence of a nearly monochromatic exponential growth of the magnetic field. The resulting GW energy is found to be proportional to the fifth power of the limiting CME speed and the first power of the generation speed.en
dc.description.versionPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationBrandenburg, A, He, Y, Kahniashvili, T, Rheinhardt, M & Schober, J 2021, ' Relic Gravitational Waves from the Chiral Magnetic Effect ', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 911, no. 2, 110 . https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abe4d7en
dc.identifier.doi10.3847/1538-4357/abe4d7en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
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dc.identifier.otherPURE LINK: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.08178en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/107403
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-202105126667
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIOP Publishing Ltd.
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/818665/EU//UniSDynen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAstrophysical Journalen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 911, issue 2en
dc.rightsopenAccessen
dc.titleRelic Gravitational Waves from the Chiral Magnetic Effecten
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi

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