Tufts/CfA/MIT Cosmology Seminar, at Tufts:

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
2:30 pm
Robinson Hall, Room 250
Refreshments at 2:00 in Knipp Library, Room 251

"Magnetic Fields, Baryogenesis, and Sparks"


Tanmay Vachaspati
Case-Western Reserve

Abstract:

Sphaleron-mediated baryogenesis models imply a remarkable connection between primordial magnetic helicity and baryon number density. The observed baryon number density then implies a primordial magnetic field at the present epoch which can be of nano Gauss strength with coherence scale on the order of parsecs. If time permits, I will also discuss radio bursts as a promising way to look for superconducting cosmic strings in light of the recent spark observed by Lorimer et al.

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