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Inverse Compton origin of pulsar γ-ray emission and the reconnection model of Crab Nebula flares

Lyutikov, M.

There is growing evidence that the pulsar high-energy emission is generated by the inverse Compton effect. The particles producing the Crab nebula flares, and possibly most of the Crab Nebula's high-energy emission, are accelerated by reconnection events, and not by a shock according to the Fermi mechanism.