Contributors .................................................. vii
Preface
Andreas Keiling, Caitrfona Jackman, and Peter Delamere ......... ix
Section I: Introduction
1 Magnetotail: Unsolved Fundamental Problem of
Magnetospheric Physics
Vytenis M. Vasyliũnas ........................................ 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
Cerhard 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.С. Hamilton, В.H. Маuк, С.В. Hospodarsky,
М.К. 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
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