Interstellar Magnetic Fields: Observation and Theory

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Interstellar Magnetic Fields — Past, Present and Future....Pages 2-7
Dynamo Excitation in Very Large Scales....Pages 8-15
Magnetic Fields of Galaxies....Pages 16-22
Bisymmetric Spiral Magnetic Fields in Spiral Galaxies....Pages 23-29
Global Structure of Magnetic Fields in Spiral Galaxies....Pages 30-37
Rotation Measures and Depolarization near the Minor Axis in M31....Pages 38-41
High Resolution Polarization Observations of M31....Pages 42-46
The Magnetic Field in IC 342....Pages 47-51
High Resolution Observations of Linearly Polarized Emissions of IC 342....Pages 52-53
Magnetic Fields in M33 and NGC 6946....Pages 54-56
The Magnetic Field Structure in M81....Pages 57-60
The Magnetic Field in the Anomalous Arms in NGC 4258....Pages 61-64
Spiral Arms as Ejection Phenomena....Pages 65-70
Optical Polarisation Studies of Galaxies....Pages 71-75
Nonthermal Radio Emission from Dwarf Galaxies: Do They Host Large-Scale Magnetic Fields?....Pages 76-81
Scale Properties of the Turbulent Magnetic Field in the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 82-85
Magnetic Fields and Faraday-Active Clouds out to the Distances of Quasars....Pages 86-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Magnetic Fields in the Galaxy....Pages 96-99
Interstellar Polarization and Magnetic Fields....Pages 100-109
The Local Magnetic Field as Determined by Pulsar Rotation Measures....Pages 110-114
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Extended Polarized Emission at 2695 MHz in the Galactic Plane....Pages 115-118
The Radio Continuum Brightness Minimum near Polaris: A Hole in the Interstellar Magnetic Field?....Pages 119-122
Vertical Expansion of the Galactic Gas Disk Behind the Spiral Shock Waves....Pages 123-127
Magnetic Field Effects in Galactic Disks....Pages 128-130
Magnetic Field Structure of the Galaxy and the Formation of Galactic Winds....Pages 131-141
Galaxy Magnetic Fields and Hidden Matter in Galaxies....Pages 142-145
Observations of Linear Polarization in the Galactic Centre Region....Pages 146-149
The Magnetic Field in the Galactic Center Region....Pages 150-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
The Strength of the Interstellar Magnetic Fields and Its Possible Role in HI Cloud Dynamics....Pages 154-160
Optical Polarisation Studies of Star Formation Regions....Pages 161-165
Observation of Magnetic Field Structure Around Newly Formed Stars....Pages 166-170
Stochastic Star Formation, Magnetic Fields and the Fine Structure of Spiral Arms....Pages 171-178
Magnetic Fields in Supernova Remnants — Results from Radio Continuum Observations....Pages 179-184
Magnetic Fields in Supernovae and Supernova Shells....Pages 185-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Magnetic Fields, Black Holes and Accretion Disks....Pages 194-202
The Influence of External Magnetic Fields on the Structure of Thin Accretion Disks....Pages 203-207
Stellar and Extragalactic Jets: An Introduction....Pages 208-210
Magnetic Vortex Tubes and Charge Acceleration....Pages 211-221
Collimation of Supersonic Gas Flows by Toroidal Magnetic Fields....Pages 222-228
Jet Formation in Rapidly Rotating Magnetospheres....Pages 229-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Evolving Magnetostatic Equilibria....Pages 240-250
Avoiding Magnetic Monopoles in Numerical MHD Calculations....Pages 251-254
Stochastic Particle Acceleration at Magnetohydrodynamic Shock Waves....Pages 255-259
Synchrotron Radiation in a Plasma with Random Magnetic Fields....Pages 260-263
A Few Summarizing Remarks....Pages 264-268
Conference Summary....Pages 269-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-273