Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8196928 Physics Letters B 2007 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
We show that if the photon possesses a tiny but non-vanishing mass, the universe cannot be electrically neutral. A cosmological electric asymmetry could be generated either at an early stage by the different evaporation rates of the primordial black holes with respect to positively and negatively charged particles or by a predominant capture of protons in comparison to electrons by the heavy galactic black holes in the contemporary universe. An impact of this phenomenon on the generation of large scale magnetic fields and on the acceleration of the universe is considered.
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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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