Hydrogen recombination in the early Universe in the presence of a magnetic field [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.01088


Hydrogen recombination in the early Universe in the presence of a magnetic field is studied. An equation for the temperature of recombination in the presence of a magnetic field is derived. Limiting cases of weak and strong fields are considered. It is demonstrated that there exists a critical magnetic field, above which the system stays in the phase of atomic hydrogen for all temperatures. The relative shift of the temperature of recombination in the presence of a magnetic field is estimated and it is demonstrated that this shift is small.

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N. Agasian and S. Fedorov
Fri, 4 Sep 15
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Comments: 7 pages, 1 figure