Schematic diagram of magnetic reconnection between loops accelerated by a nearby filament eruption (IMAGE)

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Schematic diagram of magnetic reconnection between loops accelerated by a nearby filament eruption

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Two groups of fibrils, marked L2 and L4, converge and reconnect with each other. Two sets of newly formed fibrils, marked L1 and L3, then appear and retract from the reconnection region.

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LI Leping

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