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Current sheets in planetary magnetospheres

Delcourt, Dominique; Zelenyi, Lev; Malova, Helmi +2 more

In this article we aim to highlight the problems related to the structure and stability of the comparatively thin current sheets that were relatively recently discovered by space missions in the magnetospheres of the Earth and planets, as well as in the solar wind. These magnetoplasma structures are universal in collisionless cosmic plasmas and ca…