Primordial Magnetogenesis in a Bouncing Universe

We investigate primordial magnetogenesis and the evolution of the electromagnetic field through a quantum bounce, in a model that starts in the far past from a contracting phase where only dust is present and the electromagnetic field is in the adiabatic quantum vacuum state. By including a coupling between curvature and electromagnetism of the form $RF_{\mu \nu}F^{\mu \nu}$, we find acceptable magnetic field seeds within the current observational constraints at 1 mega-parsec (Mpc), and that the magnetic power spectrum evolves as a power-law with spectral index $n_B=6$. It is also shown that the electromagnetic backreaction is not an issue in the model under scrutiny.
Comment: 33 pages, 9 figures. Matches the published version in Physical Review D