A statistical model to explain the gamma-ray variability and flares of the Crab nebula

Qiang Yuan, Peng-Fei Yin, Xue-Feng Wu +3

Recently the AGILE and Fermi/LAT detectors uncovered giant $\gamma$-ray flares from the Crab nebula. The duration of these flares is a few days. The Fermi/LAT data with monthly time bin…