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Time evolution of the number of plasmoids measured in a 2D Cartesian PIC simulation initialized with a Harris layer of total length Lx (solid blue line), and comparison with the hierarchical model with a best-fit reconnection rate βrec = 0.075 (dashed red line). Small secondary plasmoids forming in the late stages of reconnection between giant plasmoids are not considered in this measurement.
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