Sigma Xi Seminar: Cosmic Magnetism – Imaging the Invisible with the Little Radio Telescope that Could

Magnetic fields don’t radiate. As a result, they can’t be observed directly, so observers identify signatures of the field in an effort to piece together its topology. Determining the structure of the magnetic within our Galaxy (and others) constrains models of how the field originated and how it is evolving. Some of the greatest advancements in this area have come from observations from a radio telescope located in the hills near Penticton, BC (at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory). In this talk, I will review what is known (or, what we think we know), what remains highly contentious, and how Canada is shaping the future studies of cosmic magnetism. Thursday noon in Biological Sciences room 211 Sponsored by the Univ. of Calgary chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Members and Non-members welcome

Location:

Biological Science 211

Speaker:

Dr. Jo-Anne Brown, Associate Professor, Univ. of Calgary, Department of Physics and Astronomy

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/sigma-xi-seminar-cosmic-magnetism-imaging-invisible-little-radio-telescope-could