Magnetotails in the Solar System

Herausgegeben von Keiling, Andreas; Jackman, Caitríona; Delamere, Peter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. However, Mars and Venus have no global intrinsic magnetic field, yet they possess induced magnetotails. Comets have a magnetotail that is 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 in our solar system is the heliotail, the "magnetotail" of the heliosphere. The great differences in 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 structure.

Volume highlights include:

A discussion of why a magnetotail is a fundamental issue in magnetospheric physics
A unique collection of tutorials that cover a large range of magnetotails in our solar system
A comparative approach to magnetotail phenomena, including reconnection, current sheet, rotation rate, plasmoids, and flux robes
A review of global simulation studies of the effect of ionospheric outflow on the magnetosphere-ionosphere system dynamics
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 will appeal to a broad community of space scientists and be of interest to astronomers who are looking at tail-like structures beyond our solar system.

Produktdetails

• Geophysical Monograph Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 307mm x 220mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1395g
• ISBN-13: 9781118842348
• ISBN-10: 1118842340
• Artikelnr.: 41416998

Autorenporträt

Andreas Keiling is an Associate Research Physcists with the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California-Berkeley. Dr. Keiling has held various visiting professorships. He has also served as lead convener for sessions at the American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Union, and Chapman conferences. Catriona Jackson currently holds a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship and a Royal Astronomical Society Fellowship in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London. Peter A. Delamere is an Associate Professor at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

Inhaltsangabe

Magnetotails in the 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