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Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Fig. 3 | Geoscience Letters

Fig. 3

From: Current structure and flow pattern on the electron separatrix in reconnection region

Fig. 3

The decompositions of the current and plasma flows. a The current density. The black curve presents the parallel current density, and blue for x-component of the perpendicular current, green for y-component of the perpendicular current, red for z-component of the perpendicular current. b The parallel bulk velocity for ions (black) and electrons (red). c–e x-, y-, z-components of the perpendicular bulk velocity for ions (black), electrons (red), and the E Ã— B drift velocity (green). f The electron diamagnetic drift velocity (black, green, and red for x-, y-, z-components respectively), and y-component of the difference between the perpendicular electron bulk velocity and the E Ã— B drift, i.e., δV e⊥,y  = V e⊥,y  âˆ’ V E Ã— B,y (green). The vertical solid line marks the D ng peak, while the two vertical dashed lines mark the separatrix region where E z is enhanced

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