Description
Book SynopsisAll magnetized planets in our solar system interact strongly with the solar wind and possess well developed magneto tails. This book includes a discussion of why a magnetotail is a fundamental issue in magneto spheric physics. It is a collection of tutorials that cover a large range of magneto tails in our solar system; and more.
Table of ContentsContributors vii
Preface
Andreas Keiling, Caitríona Jackman, and Peter Delamereix
Section I: Introduction
1 Magnetotail: Unsolved Fundamental Problem of Magnetospheric Physics
Vytenis M Vasyliūnas 3
Section II: Tutorials
2 Mercury’s Magnetotail
T Sundberg and J A Slavin 23
3 Magnetotails of Mars and Venus
E Dubinin and M Fraenz 43
4 Earth’s Magnetotail
Robert L McPherron 61
5 Jupiter’s Magnetotail
Norbert Krupp , Elena Kronberg , and Aikaterini Radioti 85
6 Saturn’s Magnetotail
Caitríona M Jackman 99
7 Magnetotails of Uranus and Neptune
C S Arridge 119
8 Satellite Magnetotails
Xianzhe Jia 135
9 Moon’s Plasma Wake
J S Halekas, D A Brain and M Holmström 149
10 Physics of Cometary Magnetospheres
Tamas I Gombosi 169
11 Heliotail
David J McComas 189
Section III: Specialized Topics
12 Formation of Magnetotails: Fast and Slow Rotators Compared
D J Southwood 199
13 Solar Wind Interaction with Giant Magnetospheres and Earth’s Magnetosphere
P A Delamere 217
14 Solar Wind Entry Into and Transport Within Planetary Magnetotails
Simon Wing and Jay R Johnson 235
15 Magnetic Reconnection in Different Environments: Similarities and Differences
Michael Hesse, Nicolas Aunai, Masha Kuznetsova, Seiji Zenitani, and Joachim Birn 259
16 Origin and Evolution of Plasmoids and Flux Ropes in the Magnetotails of Earth and Mars
J P Eastwood and S A Kiehas 269
17 Current Sheets Formation in Planetary Magnetotail
Antonius Otto, Min-Shiu Hsieh, and Fred Hall IV 289
18 Substorms: Plasma and Magnetic Flux Transport from Magnetic Tail into Magnetosphere
Gerhard Haerendel 307
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, Norbert Krupp, D C Hamilton, B H Mauk, G B Hospodarsky, M K Dougherty, and W R Pryor 327
20 Radiation Belt Electron Acceleration and Role of Magnetotail
Geoffrey D Reeves 345
21 Substorm Current Wedge at Earth and Mercury
L Kepko, K-H Glassmeier, J A Slavin, and T Sundberg 361
22 Review of Global Simulation Studies of Effect of Ionospheric Outflow on Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System Dynamics
M Wiltberger 373
Index 393
