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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
SUMMARY:Physics of the Crab Nebula\, Physics Department Colloquium\, S
 erguei Komissarov \, Leeds University
DESCRIPTION:The Crab nebula has been one of the most important "test b
 eds" of relativistic plasma astrophysics since the middle of the last 
 century. It keeps providing us with valuable hints every time we open 
 a "new window into Universe". Yet after decades of research and countl
 ess publications\, many important issues are still not fully resolved.
  In my talk\, I will focus on the long-standing sigma-problem of the C
 rab Nebula and how magnetic reconnection may help us to find its solut
 ion. In particular\, I will describe what we have learned from our rec
 ent relativistic MHD simulations.  
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3338
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