Numerical simulations of the decay of primordial magnetic turbulence
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Tina Kahniashvili,* Axel Brandenburg, Alexander G. Tevzadze, and Bharat Ratra7,x McWilliams Center for Cosmology and Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C, Canada Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Ilia State University, 2A Kazbegi Ave, Tbilisi, GE-0160, Georgia Nordita, AlbaNova University Center, Roslagstullsbacken 23, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Tbilisi State University, 1 Chavchavadze Avenue Tbilisi, GE-0128, Georgia Department of Physics, Kansas State University, 116 Cardwell Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA (Received 19 April 2010; published 1 June 2010)
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