Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes: Earth and Other Planets

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.

Preface Keiling, Andreas; Donovan, Eric; Bagenal, Fran; Karlsson, Tomas   pp. ix–x Comparative Auroral Physics: Earth and Other Planets Mauk, Barry; Bagenal, Fran  pp. 3–26 Auroral Morphology: A Historical Account and Major Auroral Features During Auroral Substorms Akasofu, S.–I.   pp. 29–38 Auroral Substorms, Poleward Boundary Activations, Auroral Streamers, Omega Bands, and Onset Precursor Activity Henderson, M. G.   pp. 39–54 A Review of Pulsating Aurora Lessard, M. R.   pp. 55–68 Transpolar Arcs: Summary and Recent Results Kullen, Anita   pp. 69–80 Coherence in Auroral Fine Structure Semeter, Joshua   pp. 81–90 Ground–Based Aurora Conjugacy and Dynamic Tracing of Geomagnetic Conjugate Points Sato, Natsuo; Kadokura, Akira; Motoba, Tetsuo; Hosokawa, Keisuke; Bjornsson, Gunnlaugur; Saemundsson, Thorsteinn   pp. 91–98 Auroral Asymmetries in the Conjugate Hemispheres and Interhemispheric Currents Øs tgaard, N.; Laundal, K. M.   pp. 99–111 Auroral Processes on Jupiter and Saturn Clarke, John T. pp. 113–121 Aurora in Martian Mini Magnetospheres Brain, David; Halekas, Jasper S.   pp. 123–132 When Moons Create Aurora: The Satellite Footprints on Giant Planets Bonfond, B.   pp. 133–140 Auroral Arc Electrodynamics: Review and Outlook Marghitu, Octav  pp. 143–158 Mutual Evolution of Aurora and Ionospheric Electrodynamic Features Near the Harang Reversal During Substorms Zou, Shasha; Lyons, Larry R.; Nishimura, Yukitoshi   pp. 159–169 Imaging of Aurora to Estimate the Energy and Flux of Electron Precipitation Lanchester, Betty; Gustavsson, Björn   pp. 171–182 Current Closure in the Auroral Ionosphere: Results From the Auroral Current and Electrodynamics Structure Rocket Mission Kaeppler, S. R.; Kletzing, C. A.; Bounds, S. R.; Gjerloev, J. W.; Anderson, B. J.; Korth, H.; LaBelle, J. W.; Dombrowski, M. P.; Lessard, M.; Pfaff, R. F.; Rowland, D. E.; Jones, S.; Heinselman, C. J .  pp. 183–192 Auroral Disturbances as a Manifestation of Interplay Between Large–Scale and Mesoscale Structure of Magnetosphere–Ionosphere Electrodynamical Coupling Lyons, L. R.; Nishimura, Y.; Xing, X.; Shi, Y.; Gkioulidou, M.; Wang, C.–P.; Kim, H.–J.; Zou, S.; Angelopoulos, V.; Donovan, E.   pp. 193–204 Auroral Signatures of Ionosphere–Magnetosphere Coupling at Jupiter and Saturn Ray, L. C.; Ergun, R. E.   pp. 205–214 Clues on Ionospheric Electrodynamics From IR Aurora at Jupiter and Saturn Stallard, Tom; Miller, Steve; Melin, Henrik   pp. 215–224 The Acceleration Region of Stable Auroral Arcs Karlsson, T.   pp. 227–239 The Search for Double Layers in Space Plasmas Andersson, L.; Ergun, R. E.   pp. 241–249 Alfvén Wave Acceleration of Auroral Electrons in Warm Magnetospheric Plasma Watt, C. E. J.; Rankin, R.   pp. 251–260 Multispacecraft Observations of Auroral Acceleration by Cluster Forsyth, C.; Fazakerley, A. N.   pp. 261–270 Fine–Scale Characteristics of Black Aurora and Its Generation Process Sakanoi, T.; Obuchi, Y.; Ebihara, Y.; Miyoshi, Y.; Asamura, K.; Yamazaki, A.; Kasaba, Y.; Hirahara, M.; Nishiyama, T.; Okano, S.   pp. 271–278 Two–Step Acceleration of Auroral Particles at Substorm Onset as Derived From Auroral Kilometric Radiation Spectra Morioka, Akira; Miyoshi, Yoshizumi  pp. 279–286 Auroral Ion Precipitation and Acceleration at the Outer Planets Cravens, T. E.; Ozak, N.   pp. 287–294 Satellite–Induced Electron Acceleration and Related Auroras Hess, S. L. G.; Delamere, P. A.   pp. 295–304 Auroral Processes Associated With Saturn′s Moon Enceladus Gurnett, D. A.; Pryor, W. R.  pp. 305–313 Auroral Signatures of the Dynamic Plasma Sheet Keiling, A.; Shiokawa, K.; Uritsky, V.; Sergeev, V.; Zesta, E.; Kepko, L.; Østgaard, N.   pp. 317–335 Magnetotail Aurora Connection: The Role of Thin Current Sheets Birn, J.; Schindler, K.; Hesse, M.   pp. 337–346 Auroral Generators: A Survey Haerendel, Gerhard   pp. 347–354 The Relationship Between Magnetospheric Processes and Auroral Field–Aligned Current Morphology Strangeway, Robert J.   pp. 355–364 Magnetospheric Dynamics and the Proton Aurora Donovan, E.; Spanswick, E.; Liang, J.; Grant, J.; Jackel, B.; Greffen, M.   pp. 365–378 The Origin of Pulsating Aurora: Modulated Whistler Mode Chorus Waves Li, W.; Bortnik, J.; Nishimura, Y.; Thorne, R. M.; Angelopoulos, V.   pp. 379–388 Auroral Signatures of Ballooning Mode Near Substorm Onset: Open Geospace General Circulation Model Simulations Raeder, J.; Zhu, P.; Ge, Y.; Siscoe, G.   pp. 389–395 Origins of Saturn′s Auroral Emissions and Their Relationship to Large–Scale Magnetosphere Dynamics Bunce, Emma J.   pp. 397–410 Auroral Signatures of Solar Wind Interaction at Jupiter Delamere, P. A.   pp. 411–419 Relating Jupiter′s Auroral Features to Magnetospheric Sources Vogt, Marissa F.; Kivelson, Margaret G .  pp. 421–430