NN6 at S=375

Eparallel:

Greyscales of slices of J.B/|B| in the y=0 plane

The min / max values for each image are:

[-0.000046 / 0.000034 , -2.6 / 0.084 , -2.4 / 0.040]

[-0.67 / 0.34 , -0.48 / 0.70 , -0.26 / 0.41]

[-0.39 / 0.33]

Points with |B|<|B|_max/1000 in each frame are set to zero

Note the two dots in the bottom left of each panel were inserted manually for normalization purposes

Greyscales of slices of J² in the y=0 plane (center of the box)

Greyscales of slices of B² in the y=0 plane (center of the box)

Isosurfaces of J²_max(frame7)/2 from -y axis

Here the normalization is the same for all frames, and is taken to be J²_max of the 7th frame (0.43).

J²_max of each frame is:

[27, 30, 7.3]

[1.7,1.2,0.89]

[0.43]

Isosurfaces of B²_max(frame7)/2 from +x axis

Here the normalization is the same for all frames, and is taken to be B²_max of the 7th frame (0.020).

B²_max of each frame is:

[3.9, 1.2, 0.16]

[0.064,0.040,0.031]

[0.020]

Isosurfaces of J²_max(frame7)/2 from +x axis

Here the normalization is the same for all frames, and is taken to be J²_max of the 7th frame (1.1).

Global energy and globally integrated J² vs time

Ratio of the reconnection simulation to the reference (single tube) simulation: magnetic energy and current squared

Both ratios start at 2. because the reconnection simulation has two tubes to just one in the reference simulation

Assuming the magnetic fields in both simulations decay at the same rate when reconnection is not occuring, the magnetic energy ratio should be flat when reconnection is inactive. A drop in this ratio would then give us the energy loss due only to reconnection.

This nicely displays the energetic effects of the reconnection, which appears to be strongly active from about t=20 to about t=100.