The lunar dynamo

BP Weiss, SM Tikoo - Science, 2014 - science.org
BACKGROUND It is unknown whether the Moon has a fully differentiated and melted
structure with a metallic core or retains a partially primordial, unmelted interior. The …

Whole planet coupling between climate, mantle, and core: Implications for rocky planet evolution

BJ Foley, PE Driscoll - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's climate, mantle, and core interact over geologic time scales. Climate influences
whether plate tectonics can take place on a planet, with cool climates being favorable for …

Atmospheric escape from the TRAPPIST-1 planets and implications for habitability

C Dong, M Jin, M Lingam… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The presence of an atmosphere over sufficiently long timescales is widely perceived as one
of the most prominent criteria associated with planetary surface habitability. We address the …

First field application of cyclic soft stimulation at the Pohang Enhanced Geothermal System site in Korea

H Hofmann, G Zimmermann, M Farkas… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Precession of planets or moons affects internal liquid layers by driving flows, instabilities and
possibly dynamos. The energy dissipated by these phenomena can influence orbital …

The deep Earth may not be cooling down

D Andrault, J Monteux, M Le Bars, H Samuel - Earth and planetary science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Earth is a thermal engine generating the fundamental processes of geomagnetic field,
plate tectonics and volcanism. Large amounts of heat are permanently lost at the surface …

Precessing spherical shells: flows, dissipation, dynamo and the lunar core

D Cébron, R Laguerre, J Noir… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Precession of planets or moons affects internal liquid layers by driving flows, instabilities and
possibly dynamos. The energy dissipated by these phenomena can influence orbital …

The BinaMIcS project: understanding the origin of magnetic fields in massive stars through close binary systems

E Alecian, C Neiner, GA Wade, S Mathis… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - cambridge.org
It is now well established that a fraction of the massive (M> 8 M⊙) star population hosts
strong, organised magnetic fields, most likely of fossil origin. The details of the generation …

Synchronized helicity oscillations: A link between planetary tides and the solar cycle?

F Stefani, A Giesecke, N Weber, T Weier - Solar Physics, 2016 - Springer
Recent years have seen an increased interest in the question of whether the gravitational
action of planets could have an influence on the solar dynamo. Without discussing the …

Tidal dissipation in giant planets

J Fuller, T Guillot, S Mathis, C Murray - Space Science Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Tidal interactions between moons and planets can have major effects on the orbits, spins,
and thermal evolution of the moons. In the Saturn system, tidal dissipation in the planet …

Core eigenmodes and their impact on the Earth's rotation

SA Triana, M Dumberry, D Cébron, J Vidal, A Trinh… - Surveys in …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Changes in the Earth's rotation are deeply connected to fluid dynamical processes
in the outer core. This connection can be explored by studying the associated Earth …