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astro-ph.HE2020★ 27 cited
A coupled guiding center-Boris particle pusher for magnetized plasmas in compact-object magnetospheres
Fabio Bacchini, Bart Ripperda, Alexander A. Philippov +1
We present a novel numerical scheme for simulating the motion of relativistic charged particles in magnetospheres of compact objects, typically filled with highly magnetized collis…
astro-ph.HE2020★ 258 cited
Magnetic Reconnection and Hot Spot Formation in Black Hole Accretion Disks
Bart Ripperda, Fabio Bacchini, Alexander Philippov
Hot spots, or plasmoids, forming due to magnetic reconnection in current sheets, are conjectured to power frequent X-ray and near-infrared flares from Sgr A*, the black hole in the…