Magnetic Fields in Galaxies

R. Beck

Lecture 1: Basics of radio astronomy

   Telescopes - receivers - interferometry - spectral lines - pulsars - polarisation

Lecture 2: Tools to measure magnetic fields in galaxies

Optical polarisation - IR/submm polarisation - Zeeman effect - Goldreich-Kylafis - Chandrasekhar-Fermi -synchrotron- Faraday rotation

Lecture 3: Basics of normal galaxies

Structure - evolution - ISM - spiral structure - bars - halos

Lecture 4: Dynamo action in galaxies

Seed fields - turbulent amplification -  large-scale dynamo - dynamo modes - evolution

Lecture 5: Magnetic fields in the Milky Way

Starlight polarisation - IR/submm polarisation - synchrotron - Faraday rotation measures

Lecture 6: Magnetic fields in external galaxies

Turbulent fields - radio/FIR correlation - propagation of  cosmic-ray electrons - ordered fields in disks and halos - regular fields -  magnetic arms - dynamo modes - central regions