Fig. 4.
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Example of an electron VDF integrated over two consecutive BM scans used for the core electron fit. Blue and red dots represent parallel and perpendicular cuts through the electron VDF, while the two curves show the core and the halo fits. The velocity is given in the instrument frame of reference and in the direction along the magnetic field.
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