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Electric currents are fundamental to the structure and dynamics of space plasmas, including our own near-Earth space environment, or “geospace.”This volume takes an integrated approach to the subject of electric currents by incorporating their phenomenology and physics for many regions in one volume. It covers a broad range of topics from the pioneers of electric currents in outer space, to measurement and analysis techniques, and the many types of electric currents.  First volume on electric currents in space in over a decade that provides authoritative up-to-date insight on the current status of research Reviews recent advances in observations, simulation, and theory of electric currents Provides comparative overviews of electric currents in the space environments of different astronomical bodies Electric Currents in Geospace and Beyond serves as an excellent reference volume for a broad community of space scientists, astronomers, and astrophysicists who are studying space plasmas in the solar system. Read an interview with the editors to find out more: https://eos.org/editors-vox/electric-currents-in-outer-space-run-the-show

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Author:   Andreas Keiling (University of California-Berkeley, USA) ,  Octav Marghitu (Institute of Space Sciences, Bucharest, Romania) ,  Michael Wheatland (University of Sydney, Australia)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   American Geophysical Union
Dimensions:   Width: 22.40cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   1.860kg
ISBN:  

9781119324492

ISBN 10:   1119324491
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   03 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Dedication v Contributors ix Preface xiii Part I: Introduction 1 Pioneers of Electric Currents in Geospace 3 Asgeir Brekke 2 Current Systems in Planetary Magnetospheres: A Comparative Overview 17 Krishan K. Khurana and Jiang Liu 3 Electric Currents in the Solar Atmosphere 43 Gregory D. Fleishman and Alexei A. Pevtsov 4 Multipoint Analysis of Electric Currents in Geospace Using the Curlometer Technique 67 M. W. Dunlop, S. Haaland, X‐C. Dong, H. R. Middleton, C. P. Escoubet, Y.-Y. Yang, Q.-H. Zhang, J‐K. Shi, and C. T. Russell 5 Inferring Currents from the Zeeman Effect at the Solar Surface 81 Graham Barnes and K. D. Leka Part II: Ring Currents 6 ENA Imaging of Planetary Ring Currents 95 P. C. Brandt, S. Y. Hsieh, R. DeMajistre, and D. G. Mitchell 7 Terrestrial Ring Current: A Review of Cluster Results Based on the Curlometer Technique 115 I. Dandouras, S. Rochel‐Grimald, C. Vallat, and M. W. Dunlop 8 The Nature of Jupiter’s Magnetodisk Current System 127 N. Achilleos 9 The Ring Current of Saturn 139 N. Sergis, E. J. Bunce, J. F. Carbary, S. W. H. Cowley, X. Jia, D. C. Hamilton, S. M. Krimigis, D. G. Mitchell, and M. K. Dougherty Part III: Current Sheets 10 Review on the Characteristics of the Current Sheet in the Earth’s Magnetotail 157 A. T. Y. Lui 11 Recent Advances Regarding the Mars Magnetotail Current Sheet 177 Michael W. Liemohn and Shaosui Xu 12 Current Sheets at the Giant Planets 191 Christopher S. Arridge and Carley J. Martin 13 Planetary Magnetopause and Heliopause Current Sheets 207 E. S. Belenkaya 14 MHS Models of Current Layers in the Solar Atmosphere 219 Clare E. Parnell 15 Large‐Scale Current Sheets in Flares and CMEs 239 Jun Lin and Lei Ni Part IV: Field‐Aligned Currents 16 A Review of Birkeland Current Research Using AMPERE 259 John C. Coxon, Stephen E. Milan, and Brian J. Anderson 17 Birkeland Currents at Mercury: Review and Comparison With Earth 279 Brian J. Anderson, Catherine L. Johnson, Haje Korth, and Lydia C. Philpott 18 Recent Advances in the Study of Upward Field‐aligned Currents Generated Near the Earth’s Magnetopause Boundary 303 Simon Wing, Jay R. Johnson, and Marius Echim 19 The Current System of Dipolarizing Flux Bundles and Their Role as Wedgelets in the Substorm Current Wedge 323 Jiang Liu, V. Angelopoulos, Zhonghua Yao, Xiangning Chu, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, and A. Runov 20 Cusp Current System: An Energy Source View 339 M. Yamauchi and R. Slapak 21 Magnetospheric and Atmospheric Controls of Giant Planet Auroral Currents 359 L. C. Ray 22 The Ambivalent Role of Field‐Aligned Electric Currents in the Solar Atmosphere 371 Manolis K. Georgoulis 23 Solar Active Region Electric Currents Before and During Eruptive Flares 391 B. Schmieder and G. Aulanier Part V: Ionospheric Currents 24 Review of Data Analysis Techniques for Estimating Ionospheric Currents Based on MIRACLE and Satellite Observations 409 H. Vanhamäki and L. Juusola 25 Earth’s Ionosphere: Theory and Phenomenology of Cowling Channels 427 Akimasa Yoshikawa and Ryoichi Fujii 26 Ionospheric Currents at Mars and Their Electrodynamic Effects 445 Matthew Fillingim 27 Ionospheric Currents due to Ionosphere‐Magnetosphere Coupling at Jupiter and Saturn 459 G. J. Hunt, S. W. H. Cowley, and J. D. Nichols Part VI: Other Current Systems 28 The Bow Shock Current System 479 Ramon E. Lopez 29 Current Systems of Inert Moons 497 M. Holmström and S. Fatemi 30 Currents in Cometary Comae 513 Martin Volwerk Index 535

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Andreas Keiling, University of California, Berkeley, USA Octav Marghitu, Institute of Space Sciences, Romania Michael Wheatland, University of Sydney, Australia

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