Published December 4, 2006
| Version v1
Journal article
Cosmic Magnetic Fields
Creators
- 1. Instituto de Astronomia, Geofisica e Ciancias Atmosfericas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Rua do Matao 1226, Cidade Universitaria, CEP 05508-900, Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Description
Most of the visible matter in the Universe is in a plasma state, or more specifically is composed of ionized or partially ionized gas permeated by magnetic fields. Thanks to recent advances on the theory and detection of cosmic magnetic fields there has been a worldwide growing interest in the study of their role on the formation of astrophysical sources and the structuring of the Universe. In this lecture, I will briefly review the importance of the cosmic magnetic fields both from a theoretical and from an observational perspective, particularly focusing on stellar and compact objects, the interstellar medium and star formation regions, and on galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and the primordial Universe
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2405951;
- arXiv
- arXiv:astro-ph/0603065v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 875
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 289-295
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 16. IAEA technical meeting on research using small fusion devices; 11. Latin American workshop on plasma physics
- Dates
- 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2005; 5-9 Dec 2005
- Place
- Mexico City (Mexico)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38060991
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- GALAXIES; GALAXY CLUSTERS; INTERSTELLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATTER; PLASMA; STARS; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- MAGNETIC FIELDS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics