The underexplored frontier of ice giant dynamos

KM Soderlund, S Stanley - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Voyager 2 flybys of Uranus and Neptune revealed the first multipolar planetary
magnetic fields and highlighted how much we have yet to learn about ice giant planets. In …

Structure and properties of two superionic ice phases

VB Prakapenka, N Holtgrewe, SS Lobanov… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
In the phase diagram of water, superionic ices with highly mobile protons within the stable
oxygen sublattice have been predicted at high pressures. However, the existence of …

Planetary magnetic fields: Observations and models

G Schubert, KM Soderlund - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2011 - Elsevier
The state of knowledge and understanding of planetary magnetic fields is reviewed. All of
the planets, with the possible exception of Venus, have had active dynamos at some time in …

Self-consistent model atmospheres and the cooling of the Solar System's giant planets

JJ Fortney, M Ikoma, N Nettelmann… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We compute grids of radiative–convective model atmospheres for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune over a range of intrinsic fluxes and surface gravities. The atmosphere grids …

Turbulent models of ice giant internal dynamics: Dynamos, heat transfer, and zonal flows

KM Soderlund, MH Heimpel, EM King, JM Aurnou - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
The ice giant planets, Uranus and Neptune, have magnetic fields, atmospheric circulation
patterns, and thermal emissions that are distinct from other planets in our Solar System …

Dynamo models for planets other than Earth

S Stanley, GA Glatzmaier - Planetary Magnetism, 2009 - Springer
Observations from planetary spacecraft missions have demonstrated a spectrum of dynamo
behaviour in planets. From currently active dynamos, to remanent crustal fields from past …

The comparative exploration of the ice giant planets with twin spacecraft: unveiling the history of our Solar System

D Turrini, R Politi, R Peron, D Grassi, C Plainaki… - Planetary and Space …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the course of the selection of the scientific themes for the second and third L-class
missions of the Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 program of the European Space Agency, the …

On the relationship between zonal jets and dynamo action in giant planets

M Heimpel, N Gómez Pérez - Geophysical research letters, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Jupiter and Saturn exhibit similar large‐scale dynamical features. Each planet has a
prograde equatorial jet and a deeply seated dipolar magnetic field. Compared to Jupiter …

Global MHD modeling of Mercury's magnetosphere with applications to the MESSENGER mission and dynamo theory

K Kabin, MH Heimpel, R Rankin, JM Aurnou… - Icarus, 2008 - Elsevier
We use a global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model to simulate Mercury's space
environment for several solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions in …

[CARTE][B] Heliophysics: Evolving Solar Activity and the Climates of Space and Earth

CJ Schrijver, GL Siscoe - 2010 - books.google.com
Heliophysics is a fast-develo** scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun's
variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets. Over …