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X-Ray Polarization Signatures from Comptonization by Magnetic Reconnection Plasmoids

  • Authors: John Groger, Kun Hu, Henric Krawczynski

John Groger et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 .

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Proposed locations and directions of motion of plasmoids for (i) an equatorial current sheet and (ii) jet sheaths or conical flows above and below the disk. We only show the radial and poloidal motion, but not the toroidal motion in and out of the plane of the image plane.

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