Temporal evolution of the layer structure and particle energy from a large-scale 2D PIC simulation of reconnection in pair plasma with magnetization of 10. Top panel: 2D density structure of the reconnection region with colors denoting the plasma number density normalized to its value far from the reconnection layer. The location of a particle, whose energy evolution is shown on the bottom panel, is indicated with an open circle. Middle panel: 2D structure of the magnetic energy density. (Credit: L. Sironi)

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