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Relativistic magnetic reconnection in pair plasmas and its astrophysical applications
Daniel Kagan, Lorenzo Sironi, Benoit Cerutti +1
This review discusses the physics of magnetic reconnection, a process in which the magnetic field topology changes and magnetic energy is converted to kinetic energy, in pair plasm…
Ab-initio pulsar magnetosphere: three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of oblique pulsars
Alexander A. Philippov, Anatoly Spitkovsky, Benoit Cerutti
We present first-principles relativistic particle-in-cell simulations of the oblique pulsar magnetosphere with pair formation. The magnetosphere starts to form with particles extra…
Particle acceleration in axisymmetric pulsar current sheets
Benoît Cerutti, Alexander Philippov, Kyle Parfrey +1
The equatorial current sheet in pulsar magnetospheres is often regarded as an ideal site for particle acceleration via relativistic reconnection. Using 2D spherical particle-in-cel…
The extent of power-law energy spectra in collisionless relativistic magnetic reconnection in pair plasmas
G. R. Werner, D. A. Uzdensky, B. Cerutti +2
Using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we characterize the energy spectra of particles accelerated by relativistic magnetic reconnection (without guide field) in colli…
Gamma-ray flares in the Crab Nebula: A case of relativistic reconnection?
Benoit Cerutti, Gregory R. Werner, Dmitri A. Uzdensky +1
The Crab Nebula was formed after the collapse of a massive star about a thousand years ago, leaving behind a pulsar that inflates a bubble of ultra-relativistic electron-positron p…