Bibcode
Sánchez Almeida, J.; Martínez González, M. J.
Bibliographical reference
Cosmic Magnetic, XXV Canary Islands Winter School. Edited by J. Sánchez Almeida, and M. J. Martínez González. ISBN: 9781316160916. Cambridge University Press, 2018
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2018
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Description
Magnetic fields play an important role in many astrophysical processes.
They are difficult to detect and characterize since often their
properties have to be inferred through interpreting the polarization of
the light. Magnetic fields are also challenging to model and understand.
Magnetized plasmas behave following highly non-linear differential
equations having no general solution, so that every astrophysical
problem represents a special case to be studied independently. Hence,
magnetic fields are often an inconvenient subject which is overlooked or
simply neglected (the elephant in the room, as they are dubbed in poster
of the school). Such difficulty burdens the research on magnetic fields,
which has evolved to become a very technical subject, with many small
disconnected communities studying specific aspects and details. The
school tried to amend the situation by providing a unifying view of the
subject. The students had a chance to understand the behavior of
magnetic fields in all astrophysical contexts, from cosmology to the
Sun, and from starbursts to AGNs. The school was planed to present a
balanced yet complete review of our knowledge, with excursions into the
unknown to point out present and future lines of research. The subject
of Cosmic Magnetic Fields was split into seven different topics: cosmic
magnetic field essentials, solar magnetic fields, stellar magnetic
fields, the role of magnetic fields on AGN feedback, magnetic fields in
galaxies, magnetic fields in galaxy clusters and at larger scales, and
primordial magnetic fields and magnetic fields in the early Universe.
The corresponding lectures were delivered by seven well known and
experienced scientists that have played key roles in the major advances
of the field during the last years: F. Cattaneo, P. Judge, O. Kochukhov,
R. Keppens, R. Beck, K. Dolag, and F. Finelli. Their lectures were
recorded and are freely available at the IAC website:
http://iactalks.iac.es/talks/serie/19.