The intergalactic magnetic field within filaments should be less polluted by magnetized outflows from active galaxies than magnetic fields in clusters. Therefore, filaments may be a better laboratory to study magnetic field amplification by structure formation than galaxy clusters, which typically host many more active galaxies. We present highly

We report on the results of two coordinated multiwavelength campaigns that focused on the blazar Markarian 421 during its 2006 and 2008 outbursts. These campaigns obtained UV and X-ray data using the XMM-Newton satellite, while the gamma-ray data were obtained utilizing three imaging atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes, the Whipple 10 m telescope and

SN 1988A is (with exception of the well-observed SN 1987A) the only type II SN for which observations of the late tail of the light curve are presently available. This SN showed a brief spike in the early visual light curve followed by a long plateau lasting for about 3 months. Spectra taken during both the plateau and the postplateau phases

Observations of SN 1988A in M58 are presented which show a remarkable departure from Co-56 decay in the optical light curve starting about 700 days since explosion. It is shown that the departure cannot be explained by the contribution from other radioactive isotopes to the late luminosity, and fluorescence in nearby clouds can be excluded as the

One of the proposed damping mechanisms of coronal transverse loop oscillations in the kink mode is resonant absorption as a result of the spatial variation of the Alfvén velocity in the equilibrium configuration. Analytical expressions for the period and the damping time exist for 1-D cylindrical equilibrium models with thin non-uniform

The prime objectives of the workshop were to: inform the community about the science opportunities of the Solar Orbiter mission; to provide a forum for sharpening and focussing the science goals; allow the hardware groups and instrument proposers to critically review the payload; establish international contacts and collaborations.