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The formation of a current sheet occurs just after the magneto-sonic wave converges at the null line; then, both the electric current and plasma become compressed in a planar 2D sheet, which accumulates an excess of magnetic energy. The excitation of the Hall currents, which build up the out-of-plane magnetic fields inside the 2D current sheet, brings about the modification of the sheet structure. As a result, the magnetic fields and plasma currents become 3D. The dynamic plasma processes give rise to additional current sheet deformations, which are caused by the excitation of inverse currents at the side edges of the sheet. As a consequence, the out-of-plane magnetic fields are reversed, and strong Amp\u00e8re\u2019s forces of the opposite directions come into play. These forces slow down the previously accelerated high-speed plasma flows so that the flows become limited in time and space.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym16010103","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,15]],"date-time":"2024-01-15T04:03:26Z","timestamp":1705291406000},"page":"103","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Structure of Current Sheets Formed in 2D Magnetic Configurations with X-Type Null Lines in the Presence of the Hall Currents and Inverse Currents"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-9867-2285","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna G.","family":"Frank","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Plasma Physics Department, Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sergey A.","family":"Savinov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Solid State Physics, P.N. 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