Plasma Sources of Solar System Magnetospheres

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nagy, Andrew F. (Editor), Blanc, Michel (Editor), Chappell, Charles R. (Editor), Krupp, Norbert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 52
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Plasma Physics.

This volume reviews what we know of the corresponding plasma source for each intrinsically magnetized planet. Plasma sources fall essentially in three categories: the solar wind, the ionosphere (both prevalent on Earth), and the satellite-related sources. Throughout the text, the case of each planet...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• The role of the ionosphere in providing plasma to the terrestrial magnetosphere: a historical perspective
• A review of general processes related to plasma sources and losses for solar system magnetospheres
• Plasma sources in planetary magnetospheres
• The Earth: plasma sources, losses and transport processes
• Jupiter's magnetosphere: plasma sources and transport
• Saturn plasma sources and associated transport processes
• Comparison of plasma sources in solar system magnetospheres.