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Reconnection-driven Plasma Loading for Prompt Emission in Tidal Disruption Event Jets

  • Authors: Rin Oikawa, Yuri Sato

Rin Oikawa and Yuri Sato 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1011 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Schematic picture of plasma loading by magnetic reconnection for jetted TDEs. As magnetic flux accumulates near the BH, a magnetically dominated BH magnetosphere forms. The magnetic pressure compresses the inner accretion flow toward the equatorial plane, forming an equatorial current sheet. Magnetic reconnection in the current sheet produces high-energy gamma rays, which generate electron–positron pairs through photon–photon pair production in the magnetosphere. The pair-loaded magnetosphere launches a BZ jet, which is subsequently accelerated by the Lorentz force and produces prompt emission through magnetic dissipation at larger radii.

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