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Prof. Bryan Gaensler Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics The University of Sydney Magnets in the Sky Magnets in the Sky rn und Weltraum / Beck et al. / Hubble Heritage

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Page 1: Prof. Bryan Gaensler Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics The University of Sydney Magnets in the Sky Stern und Weltraum / Beck et al. / Hubble

Prof. Bryan Gaensler

Sydney Institute for AstronomySchool of Physics

The University of Sydney

Magnets in the SkyMagnets in the Sky

Stern und Weltraum / Beck et al. / Hubble Heritage

Page 2: Prof. Bryan Gaensler Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics The University of Sydney Magnets in the Sky Stern und Weltraum / Beck et al. / Hubble

Magnets

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Magnets in Nature

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Invisible Magnetic Fields

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The Earth’s Magnetic Field

© Peter Reid, 2007

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The Magnetic Milky Way

© 2000 Axel Mellinger; Carl Heiles

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Magnetism in Galaxies

Stern und Weltraum / Beck et al. / Hubble Heritage

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Why Does Cosmic Magnetism Matter?

Hubble Heritage; Simon Swordy / NASA; 2MASS / IPAC

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How Do Galactic Magnets Survive?

ATNF / Swinburne University; SHASSA / NSF

Large MagellanicCloud (LMC)

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Radio Waves

CXC / S. Lee; CSIRO / ATNF

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Faraday Rotation

Philipp Kronberg / Physics Today

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Faraday Rotation through the LMC

CSIRO ATNF; SHASSA / NSF / B. Gaensler

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Interactions & Activity

NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage

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A Personal Perspective

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