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Temporal evolution of plasmoids and their physical properties. Panel a: Plasmoid trajectories within the current sheet. Panels b–d: Temperature, density, and the vertical velocity vy, corresponding to the instantaneous plasmoid positions. The same color scheme identifies the plasmoids in all the panels.
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