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PPT Slide
- The Chapman-Ferraro current flows on the magnetopause boundary separating plasmas of the Sun and Earth.
- Collisionless plasmas do not mix easily.
- They form cells of relatively uniform plasma permeated by a magnetic field.
- Cells are separated by thin current sheets which little or no magnetic flux crosses.
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