Top left – lateral view showing the distribution of the current systems at the end of the energy release phase. The arrows show the current direction, while the size and color of the arrows show the current density amplitude. Top right – lateral view of the volume distribution of the plasma temperature at the end of the energy release phase. Bottom left – lateral view of the velocity vectors at the end of the energy release phase. The arrows show the velocity direction, while the size and the color of the arrows the velocity amplitude. Bottom right – regions of density increase (red) and depletion (blue) at the end of the energy release phase. The red (blue) isosurface shows the regions where the plasma density is four times higher (lower) than the initial one. Also shown is the Z component of the magnetic field at the bottom of the simulation box and the magnetic field lines. The view is along the positive X axis.