ITC Special Seminar - Tanmay Vachaspati (ASU)

Date: 

Monday, March 13, 2017, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Pratt

Search for Intergalactic Magnetic Fields and Implications

 
Abstract: The ongoing search for intergalactic magnetic fields using blazar observations suggests field strength in the 10^(-14) to 10^{-17} G range on tens of Mpc length scales. Such fields can have important implications for the early universe and also raises some puzzles.