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Caption: Figure 1.
(a) Initial profiles of the reconnecting component (Bx) and the guide-field component (Bz) of the magnetic field as a function of y. (b) The evolution of the guide field Bz and the formation of islands overplotted with magnetic field lines at t/τA = 4.5, 9.5, 13.5, 17.
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