The Crab nebula in the light of three-dimensional relativistic MHD simulations

Journal
RENDICONTI LINCEI. SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Del Zanna, L.
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BUCCIANTINI, NICCOLO'
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Mignone, A.
DOI
Abstract
Pulsar wind nebulae inside young supernova remnants, and in particular the Crab nebula, are probably the best laboratories for high-energy astrophysics and relativistic plasma physics. They have been modeled numerically for more than a decade through multi-dimensional relativistic MHD simulations, relying on axial symmetry until a few years ago while currently using full three-dimensional simulations employing adaptive meshes. Here, we discuss the most recent findings, especially those obtained by our Arcetri group, focusing on the problem of magnetic field dissipation inside the nebula.
Volume
30
Issue
S1
Start page
93
Uri
Url
Issn Identifier
2037-4631
Ads BibCode
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019RLSFN.tmp....1D/abstract
Rights
open.access