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Torsion, massive electrodynamics and primordial magnetic fields in the early universe

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A recent model of torsion-modified electrodynamics which breaks the electromagnetic conformal invariance is shown to lead to the generation of magnetic fields in the Early Universe.

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  1. Grupo de Relatividade e teoria de campo, Instituto de Física, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

    L. C. Garcia De Andrade

  2. Grupo de Relatividade e teoria de campo, Instituto de Fisica, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

    C. Sivaram

  3. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India

    C. Sivaram

  4. Istituto di Fisica dell'a Universita Ferrara, Italy

    C. Sivaram

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Garcia De Andrade, L.C., Sivaram, C. Torsion, massive electrodynamics and primordial magnetic fields in the early universe. Astrophys Space Sci 209, 109–111 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00666441

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