Fig. 3: Observed Energy Flux Structure. | Communications Physics

Fig. 3: Observed Energy Flux Structure.

From: In-situ observations of the magnetothermodynamic evolution of electron-only reconnection

Fig. 3

Poynting flux (panels a1-a4), electron enthalpy flux (b1-b4) and electron kinetic energy flux (c1-c4) components observed by each spacecraft with a diagram depicting the approximate trajectory of MMS through the energy flow structures. The L, M, N components of all terms are colored blue, green, and red, respectively. The Poynting and electron enthalpy structures in the diagram are depicted in black and green, respectively, while the MMS spacecraft are depicted as red dots with red dashed arrows indicating their direction of motion relative to the x-line.

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