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Report number	astro-ph/9507057 ; CERN-TH-95-187 ; DAMTP-95-14 ; CERN-TH-95-187 ; DAMTP-95-14
Title	The stability of primordial magnetic fields produced by phase transitions
Author(s)	Martin, Adrian P. (Cambridge U.) ; Davis, Anne-Christine (Cambridge U. ; CERN)
Affiliation	(CERN) ; (Univ. Cambridge)
Publication	1995
Imprint	14 Jul 1995
Number of pages	12
Note	12 pages
In:	Phys. Lett. B 360 (1995) 71-76
DOI	10.1016/0370-2693(95)01120-F
Subject category	Astrophysics and Astronomy
Abstract	Primordial magnetic fields seem to be a generic relic of phase transitions in the early universe. We consider a primordial electromagnetic field formed as a result of a second-order phase transition, and show that it is stable to thermal fluctuations in the period immediately following. We also show how such a field arises in first order phase transitions. In both cases there is a transitive electric field produced during the transition.
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