Speaker
Amir Levinson
(Tel Aviv university)
Description
It has been proposed recently that Inverse Compton scattering of soft photons by pairs acceleration in reconnecting current sheets that form during MAD states, can be the source of the TeV emission detected in M87. In this talk I’ll argue that synchrotron emission by ions accelerated in the current sheet is expected to be the dominant source of the GeV emission observed. The analysis is based on 3D, radiative PIC simulations of magnetic reconnection in pair-ion plasma, under conditions anticipated in M87 during MAD states.
| Presenter's Name | Amir Levinson |
|---|---|
| Presenter's Email Address | [email protected] |
| Recording Permission | YES |
| Virtual Audience Permission | YES |
| Photography Permission | YES |
Primary authors
Hayk Hakobyan
(Columbia University)
Amir Levinson
(Tel Aviv university)
Lorenzo Sironi
(Columbia University)
Alexander Philippov
(University of Maryland, College Park)
Bart Ripperda
(CITA)
External references
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