

(plasmoids), leading to an enhancement of the flaring emission, which may helpĮxplain some astrophysical gamma-ray flare observations. Magnetic reconnection causesĬompression of the plasma and magnetic field deep inside magnetic islands

Synchrotron radiation reaction on the emitting particles, and enables us toĮxplore the effects of synchrotron cooling. The radiative PIC code OSIRIS, which self-consistently accounts for the The simulations in this 2D/3D comparison study are conducted with Investigated with two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) particle-in-cell (PIC) Relativistic pair plasma energized by reconnection of strong magnetic fields is Schoeffler and 3 other authors Download PDF Abstract: The time evolution of high-energy synchrotron radiation generated in a Download a PDF of the paper titled High-energy synchrotron flares powered by strongly radiative relativistic magnetic reconnection: 2D and 3D PIC simulations, by K.
