Relativistic magnetised perturbations: magnetic pressure versus magnetic tension

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AAC07FzbMATH Open1391.83032arXiv1803.02747OpenAlexW3101429083WikidataQ125552682 ScholiaQ125552682MaRDI QIDQ3177419FDOQ3177419

Authors: Dimitra Tseneklidou, Christos G. Tsagas, John D. Barrow 

Publication date: 25 July 2018

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the linear evolution of magnetised cosmological perturbations in the post-recombination epoch. Using full general relativity and adopting the ideal magnetohydrodynamic approximation, we refine and extend the previous treatments. More specifically, this is the first relativistic study that accounts for the effects of the magnetic tension, in addition to those of the field's pressure. Our solutions show that on sufficiently large scales, larger than the (purely magnetic) Jeans length, the perturbations evolve essentially unaffected by the magnetic presence. The magnetic pressure dominates on small scales, where it forces the perturbations to oscillate and decay. Close to the Jeans length, however, the field's tension takes over and leads to a weak growth of the inhomogeneities. These solutions clearly demonstrate the opposing action of the aforementioned two magnetic agents, namely of the field's pressure and tension, on the linear evolution of cosmological density perturbations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.02747

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological perturbationsrelativistic MHDcosmological magnetic fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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