Fig. 7: Compression via Curvature Enhancement.
From: In-situ observations of the magnetothermodynamic evolution of electron-only reconnection
Diagram depicting the isothermal compression of magnetized electrons due to the local reduction of the radius of curvature, where BM is the guide field, Rc is the magnetic radius of curvature, and ne is the electron density. The blue dots are representative of magnetized electrons along the field line, and the red arrows indicate how the structure evolves with time.
