Relativistic jets of blazars

T Hovatta, E Lindfors - New Astronomy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Relativistic jets of active galactic nuclei have been known to exist for 100 years. Blazars with
their jet pointing close to our line of sight are some of the most variable and extreme objects …

[HTML][HTML] GRB polarization: a unique probe of GRB physics

R Gill, M Kole, J Granot - Galaxies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over half a century from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the dominant radiation
mechanism responsible for their bright and highly variable prompt emission remains poorly …

[HTML][HTML] 3D turbulent reconnection: Theory, tests, and astrophysical implications

A Lazarian, GL Eyink, A Jafari, G Kowal, H Li, S Xu… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic reconnection, topological changes in magnetic fields, is a fundamental process in
magnetized plasmas. It is associated with energy release in regions of magnetic field …

The protomagnetar model for gamma-ray bursts

BD Metzger, D Giannios, TA Thompson… - Monthly Notices of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from the core collapse of massive stars,
but the identity of the central engine remains elusive. Previous work has shown that rapidly …

Particle acceleration in relativistic magnetized collisionless electron–ion shocks

L Sironi, A Spitkovsky - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate shock structure and particle acceleration in relativistic magnetized
collisionless electron–ion shocks by means of 2.5-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations …

The role of magnetic field geometry in the evolution of neutron star merger accretion discs

IM Christie, A Lalakos, A Tchekhovskoy… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Neutron star mergers are unique laboratories of accretion, ejection, and r-process
nucleosynthesis. We used 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations to …

Non-thermal particle acceleration in collisionless relativistic electron–proton reconnection

GR Werner, DA Uzdensky… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic reconnection in relativistic collisionless plasmas can accelerate particles and
power high-energy emission in various astrophysical systems. Whereas most previous …

The limb-brightened jet of M87 down to the 7 Schwarzschild radii scale

JY Kim, TP Krichbaum, RS Lu, E Ros, U Bach… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Messier 87 (M 87) is one of the nearest radio galaxies with a prominent jet extending from
sub-pc to kpc scales. Because of its proximity and the large mass of its central black hole …

Fast particle acceleration in three-dimensional relativistic reconnection

H Zhang, L Sironi, D Giannios - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic reconnection is invoked as one of the primary mechanisms to produce energetic
particles. We employ large-scale 3D particle-in-cell simulations of reconnection in …

[HTML][HTML] Stability of relativistic jets from rotating, accreting black holes via fully three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations

JC McKinney, RD Blandford - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Rotating magnetized compact objects and their accretion discs can generate strong toroidal
magnetic fields driving highly magnetized plasmas into relativistic jets. Of significant …