Physics of Magnetopause Reconnection: A Study of the Combined Effects of Density Asymmetry, Velocity Shear, and Guide Field
Figure 9
Results of the nonzero guide field case without velocity shear (). (a) Growth of reconnection flux, (b) gray-scale contour of along the curve in the -time diagram depicting the -line motion, and (c) the -line motion speed compared with ion and electron flow speed at the -line.
