Publications (8)
Extreme Plasma Astrophysics
D. Uzdensky, M. Begelman, A. Beloborodov +22
This is a science white paper submitted to the Astro-2020 and Plasma-2020 Decadal Surveys. The paper describes the present status and emerging opportunities in Extreme Plasma Astro…
Major Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena in Solar and Heliospheric Plasmas
H. Ji, J. Karpen, A. Alt +105
Magnetic reconnection underlies many explosive phenomena in the heliosphere and in laboratory plasmas. The new research capabilities in theory/simulations, observations, and labora…
Major Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena throughout the Universe
H. Ji, A. Alt, S. Antiochos +97
This white paper summarizes major scientific challenges and opportunities in understanding magnetic reconnection and related explosive phenomena as a fundamental plasma process.
GRB jets inside and outside the star: precursors and cosmological implications
D. Lazzati, M. Begelman, G. Ghirlanda +2
After many years of speculation, recent observations have confirmed the association of gamma-ray bursts with core-collapse supernova explosions from massive stars. This association…
Polarimetry and the High-Energy Emission Mechanisms in Quasar Jets
M. Cara, E. S. Perlman, Y. Uchiyama +15
The emission mechanisms in extragalactic jets include synchrotron and various inverse-Compton processes. At low (radio through infrared) energies, it is widely agreed that synchrot…
Kinetic simulations and gamma-ray signatures of Klein-Nishina relativistic magnetic reconnection
J. Mehlhaff, G. Werner, B. Cerutti +2
Black hole and neutron star environments often comprise collisionless plasmas immersed in strong magnetic fields and intense baths of low-frequency radiation. In such conditions, r…