Planetary Magnetism

ISBN-13: 9781441959003 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 668 str.

U. R. Christensen; A. Balogh; D. Breuer

Opis

The articles in this volume cover, for the first time, all aspects of planetary magnetism, from the observations made by space missions to their interpretation in terms of the properties of all the planets in the solar system. Studies of dynamo-generated magnetic fields in Mercury, the Earth, the giant planets, as well as in Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons, are presented. Crustal magnetic field in Mars, the Mon and the Earth are described as well as magnetic fields induced in the solar system bodies. There are several articles dealing with dynamo theory and modelling and applications to the different planets.

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Planetary Magnetism—Foreword.- Space Exploration of Planetary Magnetism.- Planetary Magnetic Field Measurements: Missions and Instrumentation.- Current Systems in Planetary Magnetospheres and Ionospheres.- Separation of the Magnetic Field into External and Internal Parts.- The Magnetic Field of Planet Earth.- Crustal Magnetic Fields of Terrestrial Planets.- Magnetic Fields of the Outer Planets.- Magnetic Fields of the Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn.- The Magnetic Field of Mercury.- Paleomagnetic Records of Meteorites and Early Planetesimal Differentiation.- Induced Magnetic Fields in Solar System Bodies.- The Interior Structure, Composition, and Evolution of Giant Planets.- Thermal Evolution and Magnetic Field Generation in Terrestrial Planets and Satellites.- Theory and Modeling of Planetary Dynamos.- Laboratory Dynamo Experiments.- Dynamo Scaling Laws and Applications to the Planets.- The Solar Dynamo.- Dynamo Models for Planets Other Than Earth.- Planetary Magnetic Fields: Achievements and Prospects.