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A kinetic study of black hole activation by local plasma injection into the inner magnetosphere
Idan Niv, Omer Bromberg, Amir Levinson +2
(Abridged) An issue of considerable interest in the theory of jet formation by the Blandford-Znajek mechanism, is how plasma is being continuously supplied to the magnetosphere to…
Anomalous coupling in radiation mediated shocks}
A. Levinson, A. Granot, A. Vanthieghem +1
We summarize recent attempts to unravel the role of plasma kinetic effects in radiation mediated shocks. Such shocks form in all strong stellar explosions and are responsible for t…
Fission and fusion of heavy nuclei induced by the passage of a radiation-mediated shock in BNS mergers
Alon Granot, Amir Levinson, Ehud Nakar
We compute the structure of a Newtonian, multi-ion radiation-mediated shock (RMS) for different compositions anticipated in various stellar explosions. We use a multifluid RMS mode…
Magnetically driven coupling in relativistic radiation-mediated shocks
J. F. Mahlmann, A. Vanthieghem, A. A. Philippov +3
The radiation drag in photon-rich environments of cosmic explosions can seed kinetic instabilities by inducing velocity spreads between relativistically streaming plasma components…
Breakdown of force-free electrodynamics in electric zones
Amir Levinson
It is shown that force-free electrodynamics (FFE) breaks down in regions where (electric zones) even if . Spontaneous creation of such regions…
Electromagnetic fireworks: Fast radio bursts from rapid reconnection in the compressed magnetar wind
J. F. Mahlmann, A. A. Philippov, A. Levinson +2
One scenario for the generation of fast radio bursts (FRBs) is magnetic reconnection in a current sheet of the magnetar wind. Compressed by a strong magnetic pulse induced by a mag…