Cosmological Symmetry Breaking and Generation of Electromagnetic Field

TL;DR

This paper explores how cosmological symmetry breaking during phase transitions can generate primordial magnetic fields, potentially impacting cosmic background radiation, by applying concepts of stabilized embedded defects within the standard model.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of stabilized embedded defects to explain the generation of cosmological electromagnetic fields during symmetry-breaking phase transitions.

Findings

Primordial magnetic fields can originate from symmetry-breaking processes.

Embedded defects influence cosmic background radiation.

The mechanism offers a new perspective on magnetic field origins in cosmology.

Abstract

Cosmological phase transitions accompanied by some kind of symmetry breaking would cause the creation of topological defects and the resulting production of primordial magnetic field. Moreover, such a procedure inevitably affects the cosmic background radiation and it may be observed today. Motivated by the existence of stabilized embedded defects in the standard model of elementary interactions, we discuss their application to the cosmological electromagnetic field generation.