Concept information
Preferred term
current sheet
Definition(s)
- A current sheet is an electric current that is confined to a surface, rather than being spread through a volume of space. Current sheets feature in magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the study of the behavior of electrically conductive fluids : if there is an electric current through part of the volume of such a fluid, magnetic forces tend to expel it from the fluid, compressing the current into thin layers that pass through the volume. The largest occurring current sheet in the Solar System is the so-called Heliospheric current sheet, which is about 10,000 km thick, and extends from the Sun and out beyond the orbit of Pluto. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sheet)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- current layer
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-NGCG9T08-6
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