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Non-thermal Processes: projects
Torsten Enßlin examines the nature and role of extragalactic
magnetic fields and high energy particle populations. He is interested
in the production and interaction of relativistic plasma at shock waves
of the cosmic large-scale structure formation, prominently visible as
cluster radio halos, cluster radio relics, reshaped radio galaxies, and
revived radio ghosts. For this purpose, he investigates radiation mechanisms
populating the electromagnetic spectrum from radio to gamma ray energies.
Special attention is given to emission which is a foreground to the Cosmic
Microwave Background. Torsten Enßlin is designated manager of MPA's
Planck group, which is part of 
ESA's
Planck project to map the Cosmic Microwave Background with high precision.
Henk Spruit studies astrophysical
magnetohydrodynamics: The theory of phenomena that are caused by
the presence of magnetic fields. This includes things as diverse
as sunspots, the relativistic jets from Quasars and X-ray
binaries, and the central engines of Gamma-ray bursts.
Comments to: Roman Krivonos
krivonos (at) mpa-garching.mpg.de
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