Binh Dinh hosts “Magnetic Fields in the Universe” conference
Experts involved in astrophysical, space and laboratory plasmas and young researchers from 25 countries worldwide have gathered at the 7th edition of the series “Magnetic Fields in the Universe” that is taking place in Quy Nhon city, the south central province of Binh Dinh, from February 16-22.
Hanoi (VNA) – Experts involved in astrophysical, space and laboratory plasmas and youngresearchers from 25 countries worldwide have gathered at the 7th edition of the series “Magnetic Fields in the Universe” that is taking place in Quy Nhon city,the south central province of Binh Dinh, from February 16-22.
The conference forms part of 16th “Meeting Vietnam” (Rencontres du Vietnam) - a development initiative that has brought the world’s renownedscientists to Vietnam for discussions since 1993, said Professor Tran ThanhVan, President of the “Rencontres du Vietnam”Association on February 17.
Entitled “Magnetic Fields in the Universe: fromLaboratory and Stars to the Primordial Structures”, the conference aims toprovide ample exchange of the new results and recent progress in these distinctbut closely related research areas and provide the new generation with a broadperspective of the field.
Thetopics addressed cover magnetic fields in a broad variety of processes andenvironments: from plasma laboratory to the solar corona, the heliosphere, theinterstellar medium, external galaxies, clusters of galaxies, the intergalacticmedium and the primordial Universe. The perspectives given to the audience oneach of these topics are theoretical and/or numerical, as well asobservational./.
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At the conference (Photo: tiasang.com.vn) 
