Preface
Keiling, Andreas; Donovan, Eric; Bagenal, Fran; Karlsson, Tomas  pp. ix-x

Comparative Auroral Physics: Earth and Other Planets
Mauk, Barry; Bagenal, Fran  pp. 3-26

Auroral Morphology: A Historical Account and Major Auroral Features During Auroral Substorms
Akasofu, S.-I.  pp. 29-38

Auroral Substorms, Poleward Boundary Activations, Auroral Streamers, Omega Bands, and Onset Precursor Activity
Henderson, M. G.  pp. 39-54

A Review of Pulsating Aurora
Lessard, M. R.  pp. 55-68

Transpolar Arcs: Summary and Recent Results
Kullen, Anita  pp. 69-80

Coherence in Auroral Fine Structure
Semeter, Joshua  pp. 81-90

Ground-Based Aurora Conjugacy and Dynamic Tracing of Geomagnetic Conjugate Points
Sato, Natsuo; Kadokura, Akira; Motoba, Tetsuo; Hosokawa, Keisuke; Bjornsson, Gunnlaugur; Saemundsson, Thorsteinn  pp. 91-98

Auroral Asymmetries in the Conjugate Hemispheres and Interhemispheric Currents
Østgaard, N.; Laundal, K. M.  pp. 99-111

Auroral Processes on Jupiter and Saturn
Clarke, John T. pp. 113-121

Aurora in Martian Mini Magnetospheres
Brain, David; Halekas, Jasper S.  pp. 123-132

When Moons Create Aurora: The Satellite Footprints on Giant Planets
Bonfond, B.  pp. 133-140

Auroral Arc Electrodynamics: Review and Outlook
Marghitu, Octav  pp. 143-158

Mutual Evolution of Aurora and Ionospheric Electrodynamic Features Near the Harang Reversal During Substorms
Zou, Shasha; Lyons, Larry R.; Nishimura, Yukitoshi  pp. 159-169

Imaging of Aurora to Estimate the Energy and Flux of Electron Precipitation
Lanchester, Betty; Gustavsson, Björn  pp. 171-182

Current Closure in the Auroral Ionosphere: Results From the Auroral Current and Electrodynamics Structure Rocket Mission
Kaeppler, S. R.; Kletzing, C. A.; Bounds, S. R.; Gjerloev, J. W.; Anderson, B. J.; Korth, H.; LaBelle, J. W.; Dombrowski, M. P.; Lessard, M.; Pfaff, R. F.; Rowland, D. E.; Jones, S.; Heinselman, C. J.  pp. 183-192

Auroral Disturbances as a Manifestation of Interplay Between Large-Scale and Mesoscale Structure of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamical Coupling
Lyons, L. R.; Nishimura, Y.; Xing, X.; Shi, Y.; Gkioulidou, M.; Wang, C.-P.; Kim, H.-J.; Zou, S.; Angelopoulos, V.; Donovan, E.  pp. 193-204

Auroral Signatures of Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Coupling at Jupiter and Saturn
Ray, L. C.; Ergun, R. E.  pp. 205-214

Clues on Ionospheric Electrodynamics From IR Aurora at Jupiter and Saturn
Stallard, Tom; Miller, Steve; Melin, Henrik  pp. 215-224

The Acceleration Region of Stable Auroral Arcs
Karlsson, T.  pp. 227-239

The Search for Double Layers in Space Plasmas
Andersson, L.; Ergun, R. E.  pp. 241-249

Alfvén Wave Acceleration of Auroral Electrons in Warm Magnetospheric Plasma
Watt, C. E. J.; Rankin, R.  pp. 251-260

Multispacecraft Observations of Auroral Acceleration by Cluster
Forsyth, C.; Fazakerley, A. N.  pp. 261-270

Fine-Scale Characteristics of Black Aurora and Its Generation Process
Sakanoi, T.; Obuchi, Y.; Ebihara, Y.; Miyoshi, Y.; Asamura, K.; Yamazaki, A.; Kasaba, Y.; Hirahara, M.; Nishiyama, T.; Okano, S.  pp. 271-278

Two-Step Acceleration of Auroral Particles at Substorm Onset as Derived From Auroral Kilometric Radiation Spectra
Morioka, Akira; Miyoshi, Yoshizumi  pp. 279-286

Auroral Ion Precipitation and Acceleration at the Outer Planets
Cravens, T. E.; Ozak, N.  pp. 287-294

Satellite-Induced Electron Acceleration and Related Auroras
Hess, S. L. G.; Delamere, P. A.  pp. 295-304

Auroral Processes Associated With Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Gurnett, D. A.; Pryor, W. R.  pp. 305-313

Auroral Signatures of the Dynamic Plasma Sheet
Keiling, A.; Shiokawa, K.; Uritsky, V.; Sergeev, V.; Zesta, E.; Kepko, L.; Østgaard, N.  pp. 317-335

Magnetotail Aurora Connection: The Role of Thin Current Sheets
Birn, J.; Schindler, K.; Hesse, M.  pp. 337-346

Auroral Generators: A Survey
Haerendel, Gerhard  pp. 347-354

The Relationship Between Magnetospheric Processes and Auroral Field-Aligned Current Morphology
Strangeway, Robert J.  pp. 355-364

Magnetospheric Dynamics and the Proton Aurora
Donovan, E.; Spanswick, E.; Liang, J.; Grant, J.; Jackel, B.; Greffen, M.  pp. 365-378

The Origin of Pulsating Aurora: Modulated Whistler Mode Chorus Waves
Li, W.; Bortnik, J.; Nishimura, Y.; Thorne, R. M.; Angelopoulos, V.  pp. 379-388

Auroral Signatures of Ballooning Mode Near Substorm Onset: Open Geospace General Circulation Model Simulations
Raeder, J.; Zhu, P.; Ge, Y.; Siscoe, G.  pp. 389-395

Origins of Saturn's Auroral Emissions and Their Relationship to Large-Scale Magnetosphere Dynamics
Bunce, Emma J.  pp. 397-410

Auroral Signatures of Solar Wind Interaction at Jupiter
Delamere, P. A.  pp. 411-419

Relating Jupiter's Auroral Features to Magnetospheric Sources
Vogt, Marissa F.; Kivelson, Margaret G.  pp. 421-430

All magnetized planets in our solar system (Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) interact strongly with the solar wind and possess well developed magnetotails. However, Mars and Venus have no global intrinsic magnetic field, yet they possess induced magnetotails. Comets have a magnetotail that is formed by the draping of the interplanetary magnetic field. In the case of planetary satellites (moons), the magnetotail refers to the wake region behind the satellite in the flow of either the solar wind or the magnetosphere of its parent planet. The largest magnetotail in our solar system is the heliotail, the “magnetotail” of the heliosphere. The great differences in solar wind conditions, planetary rotation rates, ionospheric conductivity, and physical dimensions provide an outstanding opportunity to extend our understanding of the influence of these factors on magnetotail processes and structure.

Volume highlights include:

• A discussion of why a magnetotail is a fundamental issue in magnetospheric physics
• A unique collection of tutorials that cover a large range of magnetotails in our solar system
• A comparative approach to magnetotail phenomena, including reconnection, current sheet, rotation rate, plasmoids, and flux robes
• A review of global simulation studies of the effect of ionospheric outflow on the magnetosphere-ionosphere system dynamics

Magnetotails in the Solar System brings together for the first time in one book a collection of tutorials and current developments addressing different types of magnetotails. As a result, this book will appeal to a broad community of space scientists and be of interest to astronomers who are looking at tail-like structures beyond our solar system.