Proceedings of the Magellan Workshop

The first Magellan Workshop took place on March 17th/18th 2016 in Hamburg. Several topics have beenaddressed during the workshop with the most time devoted to discussing stellar physics and supernovaphysics. These two key topics are especially interesting to two distinct fields, each with their ownapproach, method and extensive knowledge gained: astrophysics and neutrino physics. It is thus nosurprise that the workshop specifically intended to bring these groups together was met with a certainenthusiasm. 46 scientists working in institutions across seven countries attended a total of 30 plenarytalks during their two days in Hamburg. The workshop then concluded with a trip to the HamburgObservatory, for a tour of the historic and current telescopes. While supernovae of course were a primary topic, the presentations included many different, excitingprojects. From relatively nearby objects in studies on geoneutrinos originating from inside the Earth viastellar physics in the refinement of solar models to high energy sources across multiple galaxies to theCosmic Microwave Background. One particular subject in the field of supernova physics for the past 29 years of course has been thesupernova SN1987A, mostly owed to its fairly recent explosion enabling modern science to observethe event from Earth and space alike both in electromagnetic waves and particle fluxes. These mea-surements have greatly expanded our knowledge as many theories on both the internal mechanisms aswell as the evolution of supernovae could consequently be tested. Not only does the Large MagellanicCloud which hosts this famous supernova serve as a pictoral symbol for our workshop, it is also nowcommonly named after Ferdinand Magellan, who was not the first to discover this prominent featurein the southern night sky, but the one whose journey brought news of its marvellous sight to Europeanastronomers back in the late 16th century. Furthermore this journey shall serve as a symbol of ourown venture as Magellan led the expedition to circumnavigate the globe entirely, thus advancing theknowledge of his contemporaries with every mile travelled, but in doing so also became a connectionbetween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Finding common ground for scientists of different fields tomeet on thankfully is a much easier task than navigating the treacherous waters of the Magellan Strait, but nonetheless the Magellan Workshop hopefully opened a strait of sorts for future cooperations.