Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields

• Main Authors: Klein, Ulrich (Author), Fletcher, Andrew (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Plasma Physics.

This course-tested textbook conveys the fundamentals of magnetic fields and relativistic plasma in diffuse cosmic media, with a primary focus on phenomena that have been observed at different wavelengths. Theoretical concepts are addressed wherever necessary, with derivations presented in sufficient...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Continuum radiation processes
• Observational diagnostics
• Magnetic Fields in the Milky Way
• Magnetic fields in external galaxies
• The galactic dynamo
• Magnetic fields in AGN
• Intergalactic magnetic fields.