Magnetic Field Evolution in Isolated and Interacting Spiral Galaxies

Kotarba, Hanna (2011): Magnetic Field Evolution in Isolated and Interacting Spiral Galaxies. Dissertation, LMU München: Fakultät für Physik

Abstract

This doctoral thesis covers the question about the existence and evolution of magnetic fields in galaxies. The kinematic evolution of magnetic fields in isolated spiral galaxies as well as their self- consistent evolution in interacting spirals is studied with the help of high-resolution state-of-the-art numerical simulations. Also, implications of an interaction-driven amplification for the magnetic field evolution during the phase of hierarchical structure formation in the Universe are discussed.

• Dokumententyp: Dissertationen (Dissertation, LMU München)
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik ; 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
• Fakultäten: Fakultät für Physik
• Sprache der Hochschulschrift: Englisch
• Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 15. Juni 2011
• 1. Bericht­erstatter:in: Lesch, Harald