Extended Data Fig. 6: Slip-running reconnection in a 3D MHD model of a confined flare.
From: Observation of super-Alfvénic slippage of reconnecting magnetic field lines on the Sun
Sequential change of connectivity between green and magenta field lines captured during four instants (t = 0, 3, 10, 30 tA) in the simulation described in 3D MHD model of field line slippage. Black and white patches at the base of the domain represent negative (N1, N2) and positive (P1, P2) polarity flux concentrations saturated to Bz = 0 = ± 25 (in code units). Pink and cyan contours encompass vertical electric current concentrations with Jz=0 = ± 0.3 (in code units) along QSL footprints. Panels a - d and e - h present the simulation output in the four instants from two different vantage points.
