Magnetotails in the Solar System
Geophysical Monograph Series (Band Nr. 207)
1. Auflage März 2015
424 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
All magnetized planets in our solar system (Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) interact strongly with the solar wind and possess well developed magnetotails. It is not only the strongly magnetized planets that have magnetotails. Mars and Venus have no global intrinsic magnetic field, yet they possess induced magnetotails. Comets have magnetotails that are formed by the draping of the interplanetary magnetic field. In the case of planetary satellites (moons), the magnetotail refers to the wake region behind the satellite in the flow of either the solar wind or the magnetosphere of its parent planet. The largest magnetotail of all in our solar system is the heliotail, the "magnetotail" of the heliosphere. The variety of solar wind conditions, planetary rotation rates, ionospheric conductivity, and physical dimensions provide an outstanding opportunity to extend our understanding of the influence of these factors on magnetotail processes and structures.
Volume highlights include:
* Discussion on why a magnetotail is a fundamental problem of magnetospheric physics
* Unique collection of tutorials on a large range of magnetotails in our solar system
* In-depth reviews comparing magnetotail processes at Earth with other magnetotail structures found throughout the heliosphere
Collectively, Magnetotails in the Solar System brings together for the first time in one book a collection of tutorials and current developments addressing different types of magnetotails. As a result, this book should appeal to a broad community of space scientists, and it should also be of interest to astronomers who are looking at tail-like structures beyond our solar system.
Preface
Andreas Keiling, Caitríona Jackman, Peter Delamere
Section I: Introduction
1. The Magnetotail: An Unsolved Fundamental Problem of Magnetospheric Physics
Vytenis M. Vasyliûnas
Section II: Tutorials
2. Mercury's Magnetotail
T. Sundberg and J. A. Slavin
3. Magnetotails of Mars and Venus
E. Dubinin and M. Fraenz
4. The Earth's Magnetotail
Robert L. McPherron
5. Jupiter's Magnetotail
Norbert Krupp, Elena Kronberg, Aikaterini Radioti
6. Saturn's Magnetotail
Caitríona M. Jackman
7. The Magnetotails of Uranus and Neptune
C. S. Arridge
8. Satellites' Magnetotails
Xianzhe Jia
9. The Moon's Plasma Wake
J.S. Halekas, D.A. Brain, M. Holmstrom
10. Physics of Cometary Magnetospheres
Tamas I. Gombosi
11. The Heliotail
D. J. McComas
Section III: Specialized Topics
12. The Formation of Magnetotails: Fast and Slow Rotators Compared
D. J. Southwood
13. Solar Wind Interaction with the Giant Magnetospheres and Earth's Magnetosphere
P. A. Delamere
14. Solar Wind Entry Into and Transport Within the Planetary Magnetotails
Simon Wing and Jay R. Johnson
15. Magnetic Reconnection in Different Environments: Similarities and Differences
Michael Hesse, Nicolas Aunai, Masha Kuznetsova, Seiji Zenitani, Joachim Birn
16. Origin and Evolution of Plasmoids and Flux Ropes in the Magnetotails of Earth and Mars
J. P. Eastwood and S. A. Kiehas
17. Current Sheet Formation in Planetary Magnetotails
Antonius Otto, Min-Shiu Hsieh, Fred Hall IV
18. Substorms: Plasma and Magnetic Flux Transport from the Magnetic Tail into the Magnetosphere
Gerhard Haerendel
19. Injection, Interchange and Reconnection: Energetic Particle Observations in Saturn's Magnetosphere
D.G. Mitchell, P. C. Brandt, J.F. Carbary, W.S. Kurth, S.M. Krimigis, C. Paranicas, N. Krupp, D.C. Hamilton, B.H. Mauk, G.B. Hospodarsky, M.K. Dougherty, W. R. Pryor
20. Radiation Belt Electron Acceleration and the Role of the Magnetotail
Geoff Reeves
21. The Substorm Current Wedge at Earth and Mercury
L. Kepko, K.-H. Glassmeier, J. A. Slavin, T. Sundberg
22. Review of Global Simulation Studies of the Effect of Ionospheric Outflow on the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System Dynamics
M. Wiltberger
