Alfven Waves Across Heliophysics

List of Contributors vii Preface ix

1 Introduction to Alfven Waves Across Heliophysics: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities 1
Andreas Keiling

Part I Sun

2 Alfven Waves in the Solar Atmosphere 5
Norbert Magyar

3 Alfven Waves in Solar Flare 39
Alexander J. B. Russell

4 Excitation and Absorption of Alfven Waves on the Sun and at Earth: A Compariso 75
Gerhard Haerendel

Part II Planets

5 Alfven Waves at Mars 101
Norberto Romanelli, Christopher M. Fowler, Gina A. DiBraccio, Jared R. Espley, and Jasper S. Halekas

6 Alfven Waves at the Giant Planets 125
David Southwood

7 Alfven Waves Related to Moon-Magnetosphere Interactions 139
Bertrand Bonfond and Ali Sulaiman

8 Alfven Waves and Aurora at Earth and Jupiter: Comparative Analysis 163
Robert L. Lysak

Part III Earth

9 Role of Alfven Waves in Dynamic Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling: New Perspectives From Satellite and Ground Observations 179
Ivan P. Pakhotin and Ian R. Mann

10 Alfven Waves in the Earth's Magnetosphere 215
Andrew N. Wright, Michael D. Hartinger, Kazue Takahashi, and Tom Elsden

11 Alfven Waves at the Interface of Solar Wind and Magnetosphere 249
Eun-Hwa Kim, Jay R. Johnson, and Peter A. Damiano

12 Laboratory-Space Comparisons of Alfven Waves 269
James W. R. Schroeder

Index 297