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Fig. 8.

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Test-particle orbits (left col.) and energy gains (right col.) vs. z-coordinate (blue lines), obtained during the same running simulation time, Δt = 8×10−5 s for: panel a: magnetized electron in the magnetic island described by Eqs. (14) and (16) with B0 = 100 G and the guiding field By = 0; panel b: unmagnetized electron in the magnetic island with the same dimension as panel a and B0 = 10 G; panel c: magnetized electron in the magnetic island which has the same Bx and Bz components as panel a with added guiding field By = Bz0 ξ, where ξy = 0.1; panel d: magnetized electron in the magnetic island which has the same Bx and Bz components as panels a and c but with a stronger guiding field, ξy = 1.0; and panel e: electron in the magnetic island which has the same magnetic field topology as panel a for the electric field following Eq. (17) representing squashed islands. The magnetic field lines of Bx, Bz are plotted in orange lines for all cases. Here k = 0.03125, ϵ = 0.3.

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