Gamma-ray flares in the Crab Nebula: A case of relativistic reconnection?

THREE-DIMENSIONAL RELATIVISTIC PAIR PLASMA RECONNECTION WITH RADIATIVE FEEDBACK IN THE CRAB NEBULA

(2014) B. Cerutti et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

VARIABLE GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM THE CRAB NEBULA: SHORT FLARES AND LONG “WAVES”

(2013) E. Striani et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

JITTER RADIATION MODEL OF THE CRAB GAMMA-RAY FLARES

(2013) Yuto Teraki et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

CHANDRA, KECK, AND VLA OBSERVATIONS OF THE CRAB NEBULA DURING THE 2011-APRIL GAMMA-RAY FLARE

(2013) Martin C. Weisskopf et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

SIMULATIONS OF PARTICLE ACCELERATION BEYOND THE CLASSICAL SYNCHROTRON BURNOFF LIMIT IN MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: AN EXPLANATION OF THE CRAB FLARES

(2013) B. Cerutti et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

RAPID GAMMA-RAY FLUX VARIABILITY DURING THE 2013 MARCH CRAB NEBULA FLARE

(2013) M. Mayer et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the Crab nebula

(2013) Oliver Porth et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

GAMMA-RAY ACTIVITY IN THE CRAB NEBULA: THE EXCEPTIONAL FLARE OF 2011 APRIL

(2012) R. Buehler et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

EXTREME PARTICLE ACCELERATION IN MAGNETIC RECONNECTION LAYERS: APPLICATION TO THE GAMMA-RAY FLARES IN THE CRAB NEBULA

(2012) Benoît Cerutti et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

BEAMING AND RAPID VARIABILITY OF HIGH-ENERGY RADIATION FROM RELATIVISTIC PAIR PLASMA RECONNECTION

(2012) B. Cerutti et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Crab nebula gamma-ray flares as relativistic reconnection minijets

(2012) E. Clausen-Brown et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Highly magnetized region in pulsar wind nebulae and origin of the Crab gamma-ray flares

(2012) Y. E. Lyubarsky   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Crab GeV flares from the corrugated termination shock

(2012) Maxim Lyutikov et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Energetic constraints on a rapid gamma-ray flare in PKS 1222+216

(2012) Krzysztof Nalewajko et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Pulsar Wind Nebulae as Cosmic Pevatrons: A Current Sheet’s Tale

(2012) Jonathan Arons   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Twelve-hour spikes from the Crab Pevatron

(2011) M. Balbo et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

THE CRAB NEBULA SUPER-FLARE IN 2011 APRIL: EXTREMELY FAST PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND GAMMA-RAY EMISSION

(2011) E. Striani et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

RECONNECTION-POWERED LINEAR ACCELERATOR AND GAMMA-RAY FLARES IN THE CRAB NEBULA

(2011) Dmitri A. Uzdensky et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

A STATISTICAL MODEL FOR THE γ-RAY VARIABILITY OF THE CRAB NEBULA

(2011) Qiang Yuan et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

On the origin of variable gamma-ray emission from the Crab nebula

(2011) S. S. Komissarov et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

On the variability of the GeV and multi-TeV gamma-ray emission from the Crab nebula

(2011) W. Bednarek et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Discovery of Powerful Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula

(2011) M. Tavani et al.   SCIENCE

Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula

(2011) A. A. Abdo et al.   SCIENCE

The Crab Nebula as a standard candle in very high-energy astrophysics

(2010) M. Meyer et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Radiation reaction effects on radiation pressure acceleration

(2010) M Tamburini et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Radiation-Dominated Relativistic Current Sheets

(2009) C. H. Jaroschek et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The Role of the Guide Field in Relativistic Pair Plasma Reconnection

(2008) S. Zenitani et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL