Mercury's weak magnetic field: A result of magnetospheric feedback?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Gómez Prez, Natalia ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FEEDBACK; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MERCURY (METAL); SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND; STATE FEEDBACK;

DIPOLE STATE; FIELD STATE; INTERNAL FIELD; INTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERIC CURRENTS; SECULAR VARIATION; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SECULAR VARIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 78149233239     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044533     Document Type: Article

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