Fig. 3: Anomalous effects of EM fluctuations in the M direction of the reconnecting current sheet. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Anomalous effects of EM fluctuations in the M direction of the reconnecting current sheet.

From: Electromagnetic viscosity supported anomalous electric field in the electron diffusion region of collisionless magnetic reconnection

Fig. 3

a three components of the magnetic field, b total anomalous electric fields RM (black), anomalous drag DM (blue), anomalous viscosity \({T}_{{ES},M}\) (red) and \({T}_{{EM},M}\) (green) in M direction. The colored shaded regions associated with the anomalous terms represent the uncertainty in the calculation based on the uncertainties in the particle moments and electric field. The values of \({T}_{{EM},M}\) within this EDR are larger than its uncertainty (see Methods section). c Spectra of anomalous drag term \( < {n}_{e} > {D}_{M}\), d ES anomalous viscosity term \( < {n}_{e} > {T}_{{ES},M}\), e EM anomalous viscosity term \( < {n}_{e} > {T}_{{EM},M}\).

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