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Cheng 1990
Cheng, A.F. (1990). Current sheet interaction and particle acceleration in the Jovian magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 95: doi: 10.1029/89JA03321. issn: 0148-0227.

The thin, rapidly rotating current sheet in Jupiter's magnetodisk can energize heavy ions by hundreds of keV. If the magnetic field lines are azimuthally swept back, energetic ions undergoing nonadiabatic current sheet interactions will step radially outward and be centrifugally energized. Estimated energization times can be comparable to the Jovian rotation period. Nonadiabatic interactions with the rotating Jovian current sheet may be an important energization mechanism for heavy ions, but are not effective for energizing electrons or light ions like protons. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Magnetospheric Physics, Planetary magnetospheres
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