Formation of electron depletion layer and parallel electric field in the separatrix region of anti-parallel magnetic reconnection
Li Zisheng1, 2, Wang Huanyu1, 2, †, Gao Xinliang1, 2
       

The profile of (a) the electron number density ne and (b) the parallel electron bulk flow velocity V e along the line at x = 22.5 d i parallel to the z axis for run 5 at Ω i 0 t = 21 (black solid lines), run 6 at Ω i 0 t = 19.5 (blue solid lines), run 3 at Ω i 0 t = 17.5 (green solid lines), and run 7 at Ω i 0 t = 16.75 (red solid lines). The black dashed line in panel (a) indicates the initial electron density in the inflow region n b = 0.2 n 0 . The black dashed line in panel (b) denotes the value V e / v A = 0 .