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Time-Dependent Electron Acceleration in Pulsar Wind Termination Shocks: Application to the 2007 September Crab Nebula Gamma-Ray Flare

In 2007 September, the Crab Nebula exhibited a bright gamma-ray flare in the GeV energy range that was detected by AGILE. The observed emission at >160 MeV indicates that the radiating electrons had energies above the classical synchrotron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-20 John J. Kroon , Peter A. Becker , Justin D. Finke

Monitoring the Crab Nebula with Chandra:A Search for the Location of the gamma-ray Flares

Subsequent to announcements by the AGILE and by the Fermi-LAT teams of the discovery of gamma-ray flares from the Crab Nebula in the fall of 2010, an international collaboration has been monitoring X-Ray emission from the Crab on a regular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-12-27 Martin C. Weisskopf

A unified model for the time variability of the Crab: the dispersion measure variation and the $\gamma$-ray flare of the nebula

The Crab pulsar and its nebula are very luminous and variable. Since 1982, random fluctuations of the dispersion measure (DM) have been recorded. Also in 2011, Fermi-LAT telescope detected $\gamma$-ray flux variation of the Crab nebula. No…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-16 Nagisa Hiroshima , Kazunori Kohri

Electron Acceleration in Pulsar-Wind Termination Shocks: An Application to the Crab Nebula Gamma-Ray Flares

The {\gamma}-ray flares from the Crab nebula observed by AGILE and Fermi-LAT reaching GeV energies and lasting several days challenge the standard models for particle acceleration in pulsar wind nebulae, because the radiating electrons have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-21 John J Kroon , Peter A Becker , Justin Finke , Charles Dermer

A statistical model for the $\gamma$-ray variability of the Crab nebula

A statistical scenario is proposed to explain the $\gamma$-ray variability and flares of the Crab nebula, which were observed recently by the Fermi/LAT. In this scenario electrons are accelerated in a series of knots, whose sizes follow a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-09 Qiang Yuan , Peng-Fei Yin , Xue-Feng Wu , Xiao-Jun Bi , Siming Liu , Bing Zhang

Resolving the Crab pulsar wind nebula at teraelectronvolt energies

The Crab nebula is one of the most studied cosmic particle accelerators, shining brightly across the entire electromagnetic spectrum up to very high-energy gamma rays. It is known from radio to gamma-ray observations that the nebula is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-24 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , H. Abdalla , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , E. O. Angüner , M. Arakawa , C. Arcaro , C. Arm , M. Backes , M. Barnard , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , R. Blackwell , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , S. Bonnefoy , P. Bordas , J. Bregeon , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , M. Büchele , T. Bulik , T. Bylund , M. Capasso , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , N. Chakraborty , T. Ch , S. Ch , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Chen , S. Colafrancesco , B. Condon , I. D. Davids , C. Deil , J. Devin , P. deWilt , L. Dirson , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Dmytriiev , A. Donath , V. Doroshenko , L. O'C. Drury , J. Dyks , K. Egberts , G. Emery , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Eschbach , S. Fegan , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , F. Gaté , G. Giavitto , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , J. Hahn , M. Haupt , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , D. Huber , H. Iwasaki , A. Jacholkowska , M. Jamrozy , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , L. Jouvin , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , M. Katsuragawa , U. Katz , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , J. King , S. Klepser , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , M. Kraus , G. Lamanna , J. Lau , J. Lefaucheur , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , E. Leser , T. Lohse , R. López-Coto , I. Lypova , D. Malyshev , V. Mar , A. Marcowith , C. Mariaud , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , G. Maurin , P. J. Meintjes , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , L. Mohrmann , C. Moore , E. Moulin , T. Murach , S. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , H. Ndiyavala , F. Niederwanger , J. Niemiec , L. Oakes , P. O'Brien , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , C. Perennes , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , Q. Piel , S. Pita , V. Poireau , A. Priyana Noel , D. A. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , R. Rauth , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , F. Rieger , L. Rinchiuso , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , S. Saito , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , H. Schutte , U. Schwanke , S. Schwemmer , M. Seglar-Arroyo , M. Senniappan , A. S. Seyffert , N. Shafi , I. Shilon , K. Shiningayamwe , R. Simoni , A. Sinha , H. Sol , A. Specovius , M. Spir-Jacob , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , C. Steppa , T. Takahashi , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , D. Tiziani , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , M. Tsirou , N. Tsuji , R. Tuffs , Y. Uchiyama , D. J. van der Walt , C. van Eldik , C. van Rensburg , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , P. Vincent , J. Vink , F. Voisin , H. J. Völk , T. Vuillaume , Z. Wadiasingh , S. J. Wagner , R. M. Wagner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , R. Yang , H. Yoneda , D. Zaborov , M. Zacharias , R. Zanin , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , A. Ziegler , J. Zorn , N. Żywucka

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

The oblique geometry of pulsar wind termination shock ensures that the Doppler beaming has a strong impact on the shock emission. We illustrate this using recent relativistic MHD simulations of the Crab Nebula and also show that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 S. S. Komissarov , M. Lyutikov

Neutrino analysis of the September 2010 Crab Nebula flare and time-integrated constraints on neutrino emission from the Crab using IceCube

We present the results for a search of high-energy muon neutrinos with the IceCube detector in coincidence with the Crab nebula flare reported on September 2010 by various experiments. Due to the unusual flaring state of the otherwise…

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Crab flares due to turbulent dissipation of the pulsar striped wind

We interpret $\gamma$-ray flares from the Crab Nebula as the signature of turbulence in the pulsar's electromagnetic outflow. Turbulence is triggered upstream by dynamical instability of the wind's oscillating magnetic field, and…

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Inductive spikes and gamma-ray flares from the Crab Nebula

The ~400 MeV flaring emission from the Crab Nebula is naturally explained as the result of an abrupt reduction in the mass-loading of the pulsar wind. Very few particles are then available to carry the current required to maintain wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-04 John G. Kirk , Gwenael Giacinti

Detection of Gamma Rays of Up to 50 TeV From the Crab Nebula

Gamma rays with energies greater than 7 TeV from the Crab pulsar/nebula have been observed at large zenith angles, using the Imaging Atmospheric Technique from Woomera, South Australia. CANGAROO data taken in 1992, 1993 and 1995 indicate…

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Spectrum and extension of the inverse-Compton emission of the Crab Nebula from a combined Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. analysis

The Crab Nebula is a unique laboratory for studying the acceleration of electrons and positrons through their non-thermal radiation. Observations of very-high-energy $\gamma$ rays from the Crab Nebula have provided important constraints for…

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Extreme particle acceleration in magnetic reconnection layers. Application to the gamma-ray flares in the Crab Nebula

The gamma-ray space telescopes AGILE and Fermi detected short and bright synchrotron gamma-ray flares at photon energies above 100 MeV in the Crab Nebula. This discovery suggests that electron-positron pairs in the nebula are accelerated to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Benoit Cerutti , Dmitri A. Uzdensky , Mitchell C. Begelman

COMPTEL gamma-ray study of the Crab nebula

We report on a study of the gamma-ray continuum emission from the Crab supernova nebula and on a search for nuclear de-excitation gamma-ray lines. Crab is the brightest continuum source in the 1-10 MeV gamma-ray sky, and its continuum…

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Gamma-ray flaring activity of NGC 1275 in 2016-2017 measured by MAGIC

We report on the detection of flaring activity from the Fanaroff-Riley I radio galaxy NGC 1275 in very-high-energy (VHE, E $>$ 100 GeV) gamma rays with the MAGIC telescopes. Observations were performed between 2016 September and 2017…

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Twinkling pulsar wind nebulae in the synchrotron cut-off regime and the gamma-ray flares in the Crab Nebula

Synchrotron radiation of ultra-relativistic particles accelerated in a pulsar wind nebula may dominate its spectrum up to gamma-ray energies. Because of the short cooling time of the gamma-ray emitting electrons, the gamma-ray emission zone…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-20 A. M. Bykov , G. G. Pavlov , A. V. Artemyev , Yu. A. Uvarov

The Crab Pulsar and Nebula as seen in gamma-rays

Slightly more than 30 years ago, Whipple detection of the Crab Nebula was the start of Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy. Since then, gamma-ray observations of this source have continued to provide new surprises and challenges to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-16 Elena Amato , Barbara Olmi

Interpreting Crab Nebula synchrotron spectrum: two acceleration mechanisms

We outline a model of the Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula with two different populations of synchrotron emitting particles, arising from two different acceleration mechanisms: (i) Component-I due to Fermi-I acceleration at the equatorial portion of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Maxim Lyutikov , Tea Temim , Sergey Komissarov , Patrick Slane , Lorenzo Sironi , Luca Comisso

Gamma ray flares from Mrk421 in 2008 observed with the ARGO-YBJ detector

In 2008 the blazar Markarian 421 entered a very active phase and was one of the brightest sources in the sky at TeV energies, showing frequent flaring episodes. Using the data of ARGO-YBJ, a full coverage air shower detector located at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 G. Aielli et al.

Time-Dependent Electron Acceleration in Pulsar-Wind Termination Shocks: Application to the 2011 April Crab Nebula Gamma-Ray Flare

The $\gamma$-ray flares from the Crab nebula observed by {\it AGILE} and {\it Fermi}-LAT between 2007-2013 reached GeV photon energies and lasted several days. The strongest emission, observed during the 2011 April "super-flare," exceeded…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 John J. Kroon , Peter A. Becker , Justin D. Finke