Space Physics and Aeronomy, Magnetospheres in the Solar System

An overview of current knowledge and future research directions in magnetospheric physics

In the six decades since the term 'magnetosphere' was first introduced, much has been theorized and discovered about the magnetized space surrounding each of the bodies in our solar system. Each magnetosphere is unique yet behaves according to universal physical processes.

Magnetospheres in the Solar System brings together contributions from experimentalists, theoreticians, and numerical modelers to present an overview of diverse magnetospheres, from the mini-magnetospheres of Mercury to the giant planetary magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.

Volume highlights include:

• Concise history of magnetospheres, basic principles, and equations
• Overview of the fundamental processes that govern magnetospheric physics
• Tools and techniques used to investigate magnetospheric processes
• Special focus on Earth's magnetosphere and its dynamics
• Coverage of planetary magnetic fields and magnetospheres throughout the solar system
• Identification of future research directions in magnetospheric physics

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Autorentext

Romain Maggiolo, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium

Nicolas André, Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology, France

Hiroshi Hasegawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan

Daniel T. Welling, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Inhalt

List of Contributors ix

Preface xvi

Part I: The Earth Magnetosphere 1

1 A Brief History of the Magnetosphere 3
David J. Southwood

2 Large-Scale Structure and Dynamics of the Magnetosphere 15
David G. Sibeck and Kyle R. Murphy

3 The Equations of the Magnetosphere 37
Herbert Gunell

Part II: Fundamental Processes 47

4 Magnetic Reconnection in the Near-Earth Magnetotail 49
Tsugunobu Nagai

5 Turbulence and Complexity of Magnetospheric Plasmas 67
Marius Echim, Tom Chang, Peter Kovacs, Anna Wawrzaszek, Emiliya Yordanova, Yasuhito Narita, Zoltan Vörös, Roberto Bruno, Wieslaw Macek, Kalevi Mursula, and Giuseppe Consolini

6 Wave--Particle Interactions in the Earths Magnetosphere 93
Richard M. Thorne, Jacob Bortnik, Wen Li, and Qianli Ma

7 Cross-Scale Energy Transport in Space Plasmas: Applications to the Magnetopause Boundary 109
Katariina Nykyri, Xuanye Ma, and Jay Johnson

Part III: Solar Wind--Magnetosphere Coupling 123

8 Solar Wind Interaction with Earths Bow Shock 125
Georges. K. Parks, Ensang Lee, Zhongwei W. Yang, Naiguo Lin, Suiyan Y. Fu, and Ying Liu

9 The Magnetosheath 137
Yasuhito Narita, Ferdinand Plaschke, and Zoltán Vörös

10 Dayside Magnetopause Processes 153
Stephen A. Fuselier

11 The Polar Cusps of the Earths Magnetosphere 163
Benoit Lavraud and Karlheinz J. Trattner

12 The Earths Low-Latitude Boundary Layer 177
Takuma K. M. Nakamura

Part IV: Magnetosphere--Ionosphere Coupling 193

13 Field-Aligned Currents in the Magnetosphere--Ionosphere 195
Hermann Lühr and Guram Kervalishvili

14 Ionospheric Ion Acceleration and Transport 207
Andrew W. Yau, Takumi Abe, Mats André, Andrew D. Howarth, and William K. Peterson

15 Cold Ionospheric Ions in the Magnetosphere 219
Mats André, Sergio Toledo-Redondo, and Andrew W. Yau

16 Magnetosphere--Ionosphere Coupling of Precipitating Electrons and Ionospheric Conductance 229
George V. Khazanov, David G. Sibeck, and Mike Chu

Part V: The Dynamic Magnetosphere 243

17 Magnetotail Processes 245
Joachim Birn, Andrei Runov, and Yuri Khotyaintsev

18 The Active Magnetosphere: Substorms and Storms 277
Yukitoshi Nishimura and Larry R. Lyons

19 The Northward IMF Magnetosphere 293
Robert C. Fear

20 A Brief Review of the Ring Current and Outstanding Problems 311
Raluca Ilie, Muhammad Fraz Bashir, and Elena A. Kronberg

21 Source, Loss, and Transport of Energetic Particles Deep Inside Earths Magnetosphere (L 28 Induced Magnetospheres: Atmospheric Escape 441
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