Research Article

Physics of Magnetopause Reconnection: A Study of the Combined Effects of Density Asymmetry, Velocity Shear, and Guide Field

Figure 4

Zooming into the -line region for the case. (a) The density and (b) out-of-plane magnetic field patterns in the area of are shown. The time is . The black and purple lines show the field lines and the ion streamlines, respectively.
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