Simulations of particle acceleration beyond the classical synchrotron burnoff limit in magnetic reconnection: An explanation of the Crab flares

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 770, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Cerutti, B ^a   Werner, G R ^a   Uzdensky, D A ^a   Begelman, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

acceleration of particles; ISM: individual objects (Crab Nebula); magnetic reconnection; radiation mechanisms: non thermal

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EID: 84878780381     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/770/2/147     Document Type: Article

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