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Two dimensional schematics of ion flows in a typical FTE forming due to multiple X‐line reconnection. Field‐aligned currents (FACs; white‐red arrows) are generated due to reconnection. Inflowing ions (V in; green arrow) are also accelerated inside the ion diffusion region (IDR) perpendicular to the magnetic field (V out; red arrow) downstream of an X‐line. The reconnecting field lines, that is, separatrices, are shown as dashed lines.
