Magnetotails in the solar system
By: Andreas Keiling, Caitríona M. Jackman, Peter A. Delamere, editors
Series: Geophysical monograph -- 207; Geophysical monograph -- 207.
Publisher: American Geophysical Union; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Hoboken, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9781118842348
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Magnetotails; Planets
Description: "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."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / -- Andreas Keiling, Caitríona Jackman, and Peter Delamere -- Section I: Introduction.; title: Magnetotail: Unsolved Fundamental Problem of Magnetospheric Physics  -- Vytenis M Vasyliūnas -- Section II: Tutorials.; title: Mercury's Magnetotail  -- T Sundberg and J A Slavin; title: Magnetotails of Mars and Venus  -- E Dubinin and M Fraenz; title: Earth's Magnetotail  -- Robert L McPherron; title: Jupiter's Magnetotail  -- Norbert Krupp , Elena Kronberg , and Aikaterini Radioti; title: Saturn's Magnetotail  -- Caitríona M Jackman; title: Magnetotails of Uranus and Neptune  -- C S Arridge; title: Satellite Magnetotails  -- Xianzhe Jia; title: Moon's Plasma Wake  -- J S Halekas, D A Brain and M Holmstr̲öm; title: Physics of Cometary Magnetospheres  -- Tamas I Gombosi; title: Heliotail  -- David J McComas -- Section III: Specialized Topics.; title: Formation of Magnetotails: Fast and Slow Rotators Compared  -- D J Southwood; title: Solar Wind Interaction with Giant Magnetospheres and Earth's Magnetosphere  -- P A Delamere; title: Solar Wind Entry Into and Transport Within Planetary Magnetotails  -- Simon Wing and Jay R Johnson; title: Magnetic Reconnection in Different Environments: Similarities and Differences  -- Michael Hesse, Nicolas Aunai, Masha Kuznetsova, Seiji Zenitani, and Joachim Birn; title: Origin and Evolution of Plasmoids and Flux Ropes in the Magnetotails of Earth and Mars  -- J P Eastwood and S A Kiehas; title: Current Sheets Formation in Planetary Magnetotail  -- Antonius Otto, Min-Shiu Hsieh, and Fred Hall IV; title: Substorms: Plasma and Magnetic Flux Transport from Magnetic Tail into Magnetosphere  -- Gerhard Haerendel; title: 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, Norbert Krupp, D C Hamilton, B H Mauk, G B Hospodarsky, M K Dougherty, and W R Pryor; title: Radiation Belt Electron Acceleration and Role of Magnetotail  -- Geoffrey D Reeves; title: Substorm Current Wedge at Earth and Mercury  -- L Kepko, K-H Glassmeier, J A Slavin, and T Sundberg; title: Review of Global Simulation Studies of Effect of Ionospheric Outflow on Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System Dynamics -- M Wiltberger.