Magnetic fields have been observed in a wide variety of astronomical objects. Almost all the planets in the solar system (including the Earth), the Sun and many other stars, galaxies, and compact objects such as neutron stars and white dwarfs have magnetic fields. We can safely say that any astrophysical object which is fluid and rotates will generate and sustain magnetic fields.

The solar magnetic field (as magnetic fields in other stars) is believed to be produced by a dynamo process where magnetic fields are generated by currents induced by the movement of charged fluids. The first idea in this direction was originally proposed by Larmor in 1919, and the dynamo theory has advanced dramatically in the last decades with the help of new observations of astrophysical magnetic fields, and the growing power of computers.

In our group we work with dynamo models trying to explain the generation and dynamics of magnetic fields in many astrophysical scenarios. The solar magnetic field is probably the best known and studied, since there exists an impressive amount of observations. That is the reason why the Sun  has become the perfect laboratory to test dynamo models, and many of our works concerns the comparison of theoretical results with observations of solar magnetic fields. However, we also work on different astronomical environments. A concise list of our themes of interest includes: