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Strong space plasma magnetic barriers and Alfvénic collapse

Zelenyi, L. M.; Khotyaintsev, Y.; Dunlop, M. +9 more

High-magnitude magnetic barriers in space and solar plasma are proposed to be attributed to the pile up of magnetic field lines and their Alfvénic collapse for MHD flows. The analysis of experimental data from both the Interball and Cluster spacecrafts shows that high-magnitude magnetic structures found in the Earth magnetosheath and near the magn…