Torsion driven Inflationary Magnetogenesis

TL;DR

This paper explores how breaking conformal invariance in electromagnetic fields during inflation, within Poincaré Gauge Theory, can generate magnetic fields, with certain models producing fields strong enough to match observations.

Contribution

It demonstrates that non-abelian gauge fields and generalized gravitational actions can naturally facilitate inflationary magnetogenesis.

Findings

Minimal model produces too weak magnetic fields.

Generalized models with potentials generate sufficiently strong magnetic fields.

Solar constraints can be evaded through non-abelian gauge fields.

Abstract

We show that breaking of the conformal invariance of electromagnetic Lagrangian which is required for inflationary magnetogenesis arises naturally in the Poincar{\'e} Gauge Theory. We use the minimal coupling prescription to introduce the electromagnetic gauge fields as well as non-abelian gauge fields in this theory. Due to the addition of non-abelian gauge fields, we show that the solar constraints on this model can be naturally evaded. We find that in the minimal version of this model the generated magnetic field is too small to explain the observations. We discuss some generalizations of the gravitational action, including the Starobinsky model and a model with conformal invariance. We show that such generalizations naturally generate the kinetic energy terms required for magnetogenesis. We propose a generalization of the minimal model by adding a potential term, which is allowed within the framework of this model, and show that it leads to sufficiently large magnetic fields.