Pulsar wind nebulae as cosmic Pevatrons: A current sheet's tale

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 341-367

  Arons, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic accelerators; Pulsars; Relativistic reconnection

Indexed keywords

BULK FLOW; CRAB NEBULA; CURRENT FLOWS; CURRENT SHEETS; MASS LOADINGS; NONTHERMAL; OUTFLOW RATE; PAIR CREATION; PARTICLE SPECTRA; PERSISTENT CURRENTS; PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE; PRESENT STATUS; PULSAR WIND NEBULAE; PULSARS; RELATIVISTIC RECONNECTION; SUPERLUMINAL; TERMINATION SHOCKS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC; WIND FLOW;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 84869498252     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9885-1     Document Type: Review

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