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. 2017 Jan 9;292(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s11207-016-1049-0

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A vertical section through the separator reconnection process during zippette reconnection that is described in Figure 3. (a) Two flux regions 1-1 and 2-2 filling the space either side of a vertical separatrix surface (V). (b) Separator reconnection at two separators S₁ and S₂ transfers flux between 1-1, 2-2 and new flux regions 1-2, 2-1U and 2-1O. (c) The final state possesses a separator S₁ and flux regions 1-2 and 2-1U in addition to the two initial regions.