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most citedPolarization Swings Reveal Magnetic Energy Dissipation in Blazars

88 citations · 199 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

astro-ph.HE2021

First-Principle Prediction of X-ray Polarization from Magnetic Reconnection in High-Frequency BL Lacs

Haocheng Zhang, Xiaocan Li, Dimitrios Giannios +1

Relativistic magnetic reconnection is a potential particle acceleration mechanism for high-frequency BL Lacs (HBLs). The {\it Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer} ({\it IXPE}) sched…

astro-ph.HE202027 cited

Radiation Signatures From Striped Blazar Jet

Haocheng Zhang, Dimitrios Giannios

Relativistic jets from supermassive black holes are among the most powerful and luminous astrophysical systems in Universe. We propose that the open magnetic field lines through th…

astro-ph.HE2020

Radiation and Polarization Signatures from Magnetic Reconnection in Relativistic Jets--I. A Systematic Study

Haocheng Zhang, Xiaocan Li, Dimitrios Giannios +3

Blazars are relativistic magnetized plasma outflows from supermassive black holes that point very close to our line of sight. Their emission is nonthermal dominated and highly vari…

astro-ph.HE2020

Kink Instabilities In Relativistic Jets Can Drive Quasi-Periodic Radiation Signatures

Lingyi Dong, Haocheng Zhang, Dimitrios Giannios

Relativistic jets are highly collimated plasma outflows emerging from accreting black holes. They are launched with a significant amount of magnetic energy, which can be dissipated…

astro-ph.HE2019

The Critical Role of Collisionless Plasma Energization on the Structure of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection

Yi-Hsin Liu, Shan-Chang Lin, Michael Hesse +4

During magnetically dominated relativistic reconnection, inflowing plasma depletes the initial relativistic pressure at the x-line and collisionless plasma heating inside the diffu…

astro-ph.IM2019

The X-ray Polarization Probe mission concept

Keith Jahoda, Henric Krawczynski, Fabian Kislat +100

The X-ray Polarization Probe (XPP) is a second generation X-ray polarimeter following up on the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The XPP will offer true broadband polarim…