Formation of electron depletion layer and parallel electric field in the separatrix region of anti-parallel magnetic reconnection

Li Zisheng^{1, 2}, Wang Huanyu^{1, 2, †}, Gao Xinliang^{1, 2}

The spatial distribution of net charge in the simulation domain for run 3 at (a) Ω i 0 t = 17.5 and (b) Ω i 0 t = 20 . The separatrices are indicated by the black dashed lines.