Pizza Seminars

The Intergalactic Magnetic Field: Probing Cosmic Magnetism with Gamma Rays

by Mathilde Croisonnier

Europe/Madrid
IFAE Seminar Room (In-person)

IFAE Seminar Room

In-person

Description

The origin of cosmic magnetic fields remains a mystery. If magnetic fields were generated in the early Universe, weak remnants may still exist in the vast voids between galaxies today. In this seminar, I will show how observations of high-energy gamma rays from distant astrophysical sources can be used to search for these elusive intergalactic magnetic fields and what their discovery could reveal about the history of our Universe.

Organized by

Dorian Amaral, Elia Bertoldo, Tomas Kvietkauskas, Clarisse Prat, Francesco Sciotti