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Goertz 1976
Goertz, C.K. (1976). The current sheet in Jupiter’s magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i019p03368. issn: 0148-0227.

We present a theoretical model for the plasma in the Jovian magnetosphere whose pressure is comparable to the corotational energy density. The model is consistent with a thin current sheet of 1- to 2-RJ half thickness. The current sheet lies almost precisely in the magnetic equatorial plane and is not appreciably warped, as has been suggested previously. Warping would only occur if the plasma pressure were much less than the corotational energy density.

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