Synchrotron radiation from cosmic string wakes
Magnetic fields can be generated in cosmic string wakes due to the Biermann mechanism in the presence of neutrino inhomogeneities. As the cosmic string moves through the plasma, the small magnetic field is amplified by the turbulence in the plasma. Relativistic charged particles which cross the magnetized wake of a cosmic string will therefore emit synchrotron radiation. The opening angle of the cosmic string is very small and so the wake appears like a thin sheet. Assuming a homogeneous magnetic field in the wake of the string, we obtain the synchrotron emission from nonthermal relativistic electrons in the wake of the string. The emitted radiation has a broad peak and is over a wide range of frequency. We show that the spectrum can be mapped to some of the unknown sources in different ranges of the current available catalogues.
Authors
- S. P. Sanyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2527-043X)
- Dilip Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1839-4311)
- Soumen Nayak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2667-4030)
Institutions
- University of Hyderabad (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Modern Physics D
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218271824500664
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42