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Radiative PIC simulations of relativistic pair plasma: multiple interacting current sheets and turbulent evolution
Fulvia Pucci, Elena Amato, Dario Borgogno +5
Two-dimensional relativistic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of radiative magnetic reconnection in pair plasmas with multiple interacting current sheets are carried out to mimic…
Radio streaks in the Lighthouse Nebula discovered with MeerKAT -- Particles escaping from the tail and illuminating the ambient magnetic field
Pierrick Martin, Mickael Coriat, Barbara Olmi +6
Bow-shock pulsar wind nebulae are valuable sources for investigating the dynamics of relativistic pulsar winds and the mechanisms by which they produce cosmic-ray leptons at the hi…
Contribution of young massive star clusters to Galactic diffuse -ray emission
Stefano Menchiari, Giovanni Morlino, Elena Amato +3
Context: Young massive stellar clusters (YMSCs) have emerged as potential -ray sources, after the recent association of a dozen YMSCs with extended -ray emission. The large s…
The nature of the X-ray filaments around bow shock pulsar wind nebulae
Barbara Olmi, Elena Amato, Rino Bandiera +1
Context. We propose that the X-ray filaments emerging from selected bow shock pulsar wind nebulae are due to a charge-separated outflow of electrons and/or positrons escaping the n…
Cygnus OB2 as a test case for particle acceleration in young massive star clusters
Stefano Menchiari, Giovanni Morlino, Elena Amato +2
In this paper, we focus on the scientific case of Cygnus OB2, a northern sky young massive stellar cluster (YMSC) located towards the Cygnus X star-forming complex. We consider a m…
Particle acceleration in pulsars and pulsar wind nebulae
Elena Amato
These notes summarise the contents of the lectures I delivered at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on "Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics". The lectures were…