Impact of a primordial magnetic field on cosmic microwave background $B$
  modes with weak lensing
  We discuss the manner in which the primordial magnetic field (PMF) suppresses
the cosmic microwave background (CMB) $B$ mode due to the weak-lensing (WL)
effect. The WL effect depends on the lensing potential (LP) caused by matter
perturbations, the distribution of which at cosmological scales is given by the
matter power spectrum (MPS). Therefore, the WL effect on the CMB $B$ mode is
affected by the MPS. Considering the effect of the ensemble average energy
density of the PMF, which we call "the background PMF," on the MPS, the
amplitude of MPS is suppressed in the wave number range of $k>0.01~h$
Mpc$^{-1}$.The MPS affects the LP and the WL effect in the CMB $B$ mode;
however, the PMF can damp this effect. Previous studies of the CMB $B$ mode
with the PMF have only considered the vector and tensor modes. These modes
boost the CMB $B$ mode in the multipole range of $\ell > 1000$, whereas the
background PMF damps the CMB $B$ mode owing to the WL effect in the entire
multipole range. The matter density in the Universe controls the WL effect.
Therefore, when we constrain the PMF and the matter density parameters from
cosmological observational data sets, including the CMB $B$ mode, we expect
degeneracy between these parameters. The CMB $B$ mode also provides important
information on the background gravitational waves, inflation theory, matter
density fluctuations, and the structure formations at the cosmological scale
through the cosmological parameter search. If we study these topics and
correctly constrain the cosmological parameters from cosmological observations
including the CMB $B$ mode, we need to correctly consider the background PMF.
