by Staff Writers Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jan 04, 2013 Magnets have
practically become everyday objects. Earlier on, however, the
universe consisted only of nonmagnetic elements and particles.
Just how the magnetic forces came into existence has been
researched by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schlickeiser at the Institute
of Theoretical Physics of the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum. In the
journal Physical Review Letters, he describes a new mechanism
for the magnetisation of the universe even before the emergence
of the first stars. No permanent magnets in the early universe
"All higher metals, for example, magnetic iron could, according
to today's conception, only be formed in the inside of stars",
says Reinhard Schlickeiser. "In early times therefore, there
were no permanent magnets in the Universe." The parameters that
describe the state of a gas are, however, not constant. Density
and pressure, as well as electric and magnetic fields fluctuate
around certain mean values. As a result of this fluctuation, at
certain points in