Gauge fields and inflation

A Maleknejad, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, J Soda - Physics Reports, 2013 - Elsevier
The isotropy and homogeneity of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) favors “scalar
driven” early Universe inflationary models. However, gauge fields and other non-scalar …

Constraints on primordial magnetic fields from magnetically-induced perturbations: current status and future perspectives with LiteBIRD and future ground based …

D Paoletti, F Finelli - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the constraints on the amplitude of magnetic fields generated prior to the
recombination using CMB temperature and polarization anisotropy data from Planck 2018 …

Observable non-Gaussianity from gauge field production in slow roll inflation,<? format?> and a challenging connection with magnetogenesis

N Barnaby, R Namba, M Peloso - … Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2012 - APS
In any realistic particle physics model of inflation, the inflaton can be expected to couple to
other fields. We consider a model with a dilatonlike coupling between a U (1) gauge field …

LiteBIRD science goals and forecasts: primordial magnetic fields

D Paoletti, JA Rubino-Martin, M Shiraishi… - … of Cosmology and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present detailed forecasts for the constraints on the characteristics of primordial
magnetic fields (PMFs) generated prior to recombination that will be obtained with the …

Inflationary magnetogenesis without the strong coupling problem

RJZ Ferreira, RK Jain, MS Sloth - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The simplest gauge invariant models of inflationary magnetogenesis are known to suffer
from the problems of either large backreaction or strong coupling, which make it difficult to …

Small scale induced gravitational waves from primordial black holes, a stringent lower mass bound, and the imprints of an early matter to radiation transition

N Bhaumik, RK Jain - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
In all inflationary scenarios of primordial black hole (PBH) formation, amplified scalar
perturbations inevitably accompany an induced stochastic gravitational wave background …

Challenges in the choice of the nonconformal coupling function in inflationary magnetogenesis

S Tripathy, D Chowdhury, RK Jain, L Sriramkumar - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Primordial magnetic fields are generated during inflation by considering actions that break
the conformal invariance of the electromagnetic field. To break the conformal invariance, the …

Constraints on primordial magnetic fields from their impact on the ionization history with Planck 2018

D Paoletti, J Chluba, F Finelli… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We update and extend our previous cosmic microwave background anisotropy constraints
on primordial magnetic fields through their dissipation by ambipolar diffusion and …

Consistency relation for cosmic magnetic fields

RK Jain, MS Sloth - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2012 - APS
If cosmic magnetic fields are indeed produced during inflation, they are likely to be
correlated with the scalar metric perturbations that are responsible for the cosmic microwave …

Probing intergalactic magnetic fields with simulations of electromagnetic cascades

R Alves Batista, A Saveliev, G Sigl, T Vachaspati - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
We determine the effect of intergalactic magnetic fields on the distribution of high-energy
gamma rays by performing three-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations of the development …