The Magnetodiscs and Aurorae of Giant Planets

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Szego, Karoly (Editor), Achilleos, Nicholas (Editor), Arridge, Chris (Editor), Badman, Sarah (Editor), Delamere, Peter (Editor), Grodent, Denis (Editor), Galland Kivelson, Margaret (Editor), Louarn, Philippe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 50
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

Readers will find grouped together here the most recent observations, current theoretical models and present understanding of the coupled atmosphere, magnetosphere and solar wind system. The book begins with a general discussion of mass, energy and momentum transport in magnetodiscs. The physics of...