{
  "id": "1801.04061",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2018-01-12T05:36:38.000Z",
  "updated": "2018-01-12T05:36:38.000Z",
  "title": "Gamma-ray Bursts Induced by Turbulent Reconnection",
  "authors": [
    "Alex Lazarian",
    "Bing Zhang",
    "Siyao Xu"
  ],
  "comment": "11 pages, 2 figures, submitted to ApJ",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "We consider a simple model for gamma-ray bursts induced by magnetic reconnection in turbulent media. The magnetic field in a jet is subject to kink instabilities, which distort the regular structure of the spiral magnetic field, drive turbulence, and trigger reconnection. The resulting reconnection takes place in a high Reynolds number medium, where turbulence is further enhanced and in turn accelerates the reconnection process. This boot-strap reconnection gives rise to bursts of reconnection events, through which the free energy of magnetic field is transformed into a gamma-ray burst. The efficiency of magnetic reconnection and magnetic energy dissipation is not constrained by microphysical properties of plasmas.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2018-01-12T05:36:38.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "gamma-ray burst",
      "turbulent reconnection",
      "high reynolds number medium",
      "magnetic reconnection",
      "spiral magnetic field"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 11,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}