Objective
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure constitute the three
solid observational grounds of modern Cosmology. However, we currently lack a probe of the state of
the primordial plasma during the first microseconds of the Universe’s history. Surmounting this frontier
in our knowledge of the Universe is particularly compelling, since during this period, crucial beyond-
Standard-Model phenomena should have happened: the thermalisation of the Universe, the spontaneous
breaking of fundamental symmetries, the generation of the matter-antimatter asymmetry, the production of
dark matter. The goal of COSMOMAG is to establish, for the first time, a probe of the first microseconds of
the Universe, using cosmological magnetic fields. We will achieve this by combining information from
multiple observational channels, which will allow us to trace the imprint of magnetic fields at different
cosmological epochs. We will ascertain the presence of magnetic fields in the Large-Scale Structure of the
present-day Universe, using the techniques of multi-messenger (gamma-ray, radio and ultra-high-energy
cosmic ray) astronomy, leveraging the sensitivities of major observatories in each messenger channel.
In parallel, we will constrain the presence of the magnetic field at earlier epochs, through its effect on
the Cosmic Microwave and Stochastic Gravitational Wave Backgrounds. We will combine all available
multi-messenger information from different electromagnetic and gravitational wave channels with the
results of innovative numerical simulations, tracing the evolution of cosmic magnetism in time, from the
moment of its generation in the early Universe, until today. This will allow us to build a comprehensive
observational and theoretical approach linking the present-day magnetic field to the physics responsible
for its generation in the first instants of the Universe.
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- natural sciences physical sciences astronomy observational astronomy gravitational waves
- natural sciences physical sciences astronomy physical cosmology big bang
- natural sciences physical sciences astronomy astrophysics dark matter
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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HORIZON-ERC-SYG - HORIZON ERC Synergy Grants
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(opens in new window) ERC-2025-SyG
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75006 PARIS
France
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