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  1. Cerutti, B., Figueiredo, E., and Dubus, G., "Synthetic pulsar lightcurves from global kinetic simulations and comparison with the Fermi-LAT catalog", Submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics (2024). Link

  2. Bugli, M., Lopresti, E. F., Figueiredo, E., Mignone, A., Cerutti, B., Mattia, G., Del Zanna, L., Bodo, G., and Berta, V., "Relativistic reconnection with effective resistivity: I. Dynamics and reconnection rate", Submitted (2024). Link

  3. Vos, J., Cerutti, B., Moscibrodzka, M., and Parfrey, K., "Particle Acceleration in Collisionless Magnetically Arrested Disks", Submitted (2024). Link

  4. Figueiredo, E., Cerutti, B., Mehlhaff, J., and Scepi, N., "Composition-asymmetric and sheared relativistic magnetic reconnection", Astronomy and Astrophysics 690, A389 (2024). Link

  5. Soudais, A., Cerutti, B., and Contopoulos, I., "Scaling up global kinetic models of pulsar magnetospheres using a hybrid force-free-PIC numerical approach", Astronomy and Astrophysics 690, A170 (2024). Link

  6. Imbrogno, M., Meringolo, C., Servidio, S., Cruz-Osorio, A., Cerutti, B., and Pegoraro, F., "Long-living Equilibria in Kinetic Astrophysical Plasma Turbulence", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 972, L5 (2024). Link

  7. Richard-Romei, V., and Cerutti, B., "Enhanced particle acceleration in a pulsar wind interacting with a companion", Astronomy and Astrophysics 689, A251 (2024). Link

  8. Vos, J., Olivares, H., Cerutti, B., and Moscibrodzka, M., "Plasmoid identification and statistics in two-dimensional Harris sheet and GRMHD simulations", MNRAS 531, 1554 (2024). Link

  9. Mehlhaff, J., Werner, G., Cerutti, B., Uzdensky, D., and Begelman, M., "Kinetic simulations and gamma-ray signatures of Klein-Nishina relativistic magnetic reconnection", MNRAS 527, 11587 (2024). Link

  10. Niv, I., Bromberg, O., Levinson, A., Cerutti, B., and Crinquand, B., "A kinetic study of black hole activation by local plasma injection into the inner magnetosphere", MNRAS 526, 2709 (2023). Link

  11. El Mellah, I., Cerutti, B., and Crinquand, B., "Reconnection-driven flares in 3D black hole magnetospheres -- A scenario for hot spots around Sagittarius A*", Astronomy and Astrophysics 677, A67 (2023). Link

  12. Cerutti, B., and Giacinti, G., "Extreme ion acceleration at extragalactic jet termination shocks", Astronomy and Astrophysics 676, A23 (2023). Link

  13. Crinquand, B., Cerutti, B., Dubus, G., Parfrey, K., and Philippov, A., "Images of magnetospheric reconnection-powered radiation around supermassive black holes", Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 205101 (2022). Link

  14. El Mellah, I., Cerutti, B., Crinquand, B., and Parfrey, K., "Spinning black holes magnetically connected to a Keplerian disk -- Magnetosphere, reconnection sheet, particle acceleration and coronal heating", Astronomy and Astrophysics 663, A169 (2022). Link

  15. Andaç, I. C., Cerutti, B., Dubus, G., and Ekşi, K. Y., "Intra-pulse variability induced by plasmoid formation in pulsar magnetospheres", Astronomy and Astrophysics 661, A130 (2022). Link

  16. Cerutti, B., and Giacinti, G., "Formation of giant plasmoids at the pulsar wind termination shock: A possible origin of the inner-ring knots in the Crab Nebula", Astronomy and Astrophysics 656, A91 (2021). Link

  17. Crinquand, B., Cerutti, B., Dubus, G., Parfrey, K., and Philippov, A., "Synthetic gamma-ray lightcurves of Kerr black-hole magnetospheric activity from particle-in-cell simulations", Astronomy and Astrophysics 650, A163 (2021). Link

  18. Cerutti, B., Philippov, A., and Dubus, G., "Dissipation of the striped pulsar wind and non-thermal particle acceleration: 3D PIC simulations", Astronomy and Astrophysics 642, A204 (2020). Link

  19. Cerutti, B., and Giacinti, G., "A global model of particle acceleration at pulsar wind termination shocks", Astronomy and Astrophysics 642, A123 (2020). Link

  20. Crinquand, B., Cerutti, B., Philippov, A., Parfrey, K., and Dubus, G., "Multi-dimensional simulations of ergospheric pair discharges around black holes", Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 145101 (2020). Link

  21. Guépin, C., Cerutti, B., and Kotera, K., "Proton acceleration in pulsar magnetospheres", Astronomy and Astrophysics 635, A138 (2020). Link

  22. Philippov, A., Uzdensky, D. A., Spitkovsky, A., and Cerutti, B., "Pulsar Radio Emission Mechanism: Radio Nanoshots as a Low Frequency Afterglow of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 876, L6 (2019). Link

  23. Crinquand, B., Cerutti, B., and Dubus, G., "Kinetic modeling of the electromagnetic precursor from an axisymmetric binary pulsar coalescence", Astronomy and Astrophysics 622, A161 (2019). Link

  24. Parfrey, K., Philippov, A., and Cerutti, B., "First-Principles Plasma Simulations of Black-Hole Jet Launching", Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 035101 (2019). Link

  25. Levinson, A., and Cerutti, B., "Particle-in-cell simulations of pair discharges in a starved magnetosphere of a Kerr black hole", Astronomy and Astrophysics 616, A184 (2018). Link

  26. Werner, G. R., Uzdensky, D. A., Begelman, M. C., Cerutti, B., and Nalewajko, K., "Nonthermal particle acceleration in collisionless relativistic electron-proton reconnection", MNRAS 473, 4840 (2018). Link

  27. Cerutti, B., and Philippov, A., "Dissipation of the striped pulsar wind", Astronomy and Astrophysics 607, A134 (2017). Link

  28. Sironi, L., and Cerutti, B., "Particle Acceleration in Pulsar Wind Nebulae: PIC modelling", Chapter in the book "Modelling Nebulae" edited by D. Torres for Springer (2017). Link

  29. Cerutti, B., and Beloborodov, A., "Electrodynamics of pulsar magnetospheres", Space Science Reviews, Chapter in ISSI book on "Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Gamma-ray Bursts" (2017). Link

  30. Cerutti, B., Mortier, J., and Philippov, A., "Polarized synchrotron emission from the equatorial current sheet in gamma-ray pulsars", MNRAS 463, L89 (2016). Link

  31. Cerutti, B., Philippov, A., and Spitkovsky, A., "Modeling high-energy pulsar lightcurves from first principles", MNRAS 457, 2401 (2016). Link

  32. Werner, G. R., Uzdensky, D. A., Cerutti, B., Nalewajko, K., and Begelman, M. C., "The extent of power-law energy spectra in collisionless relativistic magnetic reconnection in pair plasmas", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 816, L8 (2016). Link

  33. Philippov, A., Cerutti, B., Tchekhovskoy, A., and Spitkovsky, A., "Ab-initio pulsar magnetosphere: the role of general relativity", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 815, L19 (2015). Link

  34. Nalewajko, K., Uzdensky, D. A., Cerutti, B., Werner, G. R., and Begelman, M. C.,"On the distribution of particle acceleration sites in plasmoid-dominated relativistic magnetic reconnection", The Astrophysical Journal 815, 101 (2015). Link

  35. Kargaltsev, O., Cerutti, B., Lyubarsky, Y., and Striani, E., "Pulsar-Wind Nebulae: Recent Progress in Observations and Theory", Space Science Reviews, Chapter in ISSI book on "The Strongest Magnetic Fields in the Universe" (2015). Link

  36. Philippov, A., Spitkovsky, A., and Cerutti, B., "Ab-initio pulsar magnetosphere: three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of oblique pulsars", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 801, L19 (2015). Link

  37. Cerutti, B., Philippov, A., Parfrey, K., and Spitkovsky, A., "Particle acceleration in axisymmetric pulsar current sheets", MNRAS 448, 606 (2015). Link

  38. Kagan, D., Sironi, L., Cerutti, B., and Giannios, D., "Relativistic magnetic reconnection in pair plasmas and its astrophysical applications", Space Science Reviews, Chapter in ISSI book on "The Strongest Magnetic Fields in the Universe" (2015). Link

  39. Cerutti, B., Werner, G. R., Uzdensky, D. A., and Begelman, M. C., "Gamma-ray flares in the Crab Nebula: A case of relativistic reconnection?", Invited paper in the annual Special Issue of Physics of Plasmas 21, 056501 (2014). Link

  40. Cerutti, B., Werner, G. R., Uzdensky, D. A., and Begelman, M. C., "Three-dimensional relativistic pair plasma reconnection with radiative feedback in the Crab Nebula", The Astrophysical Journal 782, 104 (2014). Link

  41. Dubus, G., and Cerutti, B., "What caused the GeV flare of PSR B1259-63?", Astronomy and Astrophysics 557, A127 (2013). Link

  42. Cerutti, B., Werner, G. R., Uzdensky, D. A., and Begelman, M. C., "Simulations of Particle Acceleration beyond the Classical Synchrotron Burnoff Limit in Magnetic Reconnection: An Explanation of the Crab Flares", The Astrophysical Journal 770, 147 (2013). Link

  43. Nalewajko, K., Begelman, M. C., Cerutti, B., Uzdensky, D. A., and Sikora, M.,"Energetic constraints on a rapid gamma-ray flare in PKS 1222+216", MNRAS 425, 2519-2529 (2012). Link

  44. Cerutti, B., Werner, G. R., Uzdensky, D. A., and Begelman, M. C., "Beaming and rapid variability of high-energy radiation from relativistic pair plasma reconnection", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 754, L33 (2012). Link

  45. Zdziarski, A. A., Sikora, M., Dubus, G., Yuan, F., Cerutti, B., and Ogorzalek, A., "The gamma-ray emitting region of the jet in Cyg X-3", MNRAS 421, 2956-2968 (2012). Link

  46. Cerutti, B., Uzdensky, D. A., and Begelman, M. C., "Extreme particle acceleration in magnetic reconnection layers: Application to the gamma-ray flares in the Crab Nebula", The Astrophysical Journal 746, 148 (2012). Link

  47. Uzdensky, D. A., Cerutti, B., and Begelman, M. C., "Reconnection-powered Linear Accelerator and Gamma-Ray Flares in the Crab Nebula", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 737, L40 (2011). Link

  48. Cerutti, B., Dubus, G., Malzac, J., Szostek, A., Belmont, R., Zdziarski, A. A., and Henri, G.,"Absorption of high-energy gamma rays in Cygnus X-3", Astronomy and Astrophysics 529, A120 (2011). Link

  49. Cerutti, B., Malzac, J., Dubus, G., and Henri, G.,"Modeling the three-dimensional pair cascade in binaries. Application to LS 5039", Astronomy and Astrophysics 519, A81 (2010). Link

  50. Dubus, G., Cerutti, B., and Henri, G.,"Relativistic Doppler-boosted emission in gamma-ray binaries", Astronomy and Astrophysics 516, A18 (2010). Link

  51. Dubus, G., Cerutti, B., and Henri, G.,"The relativistic jet of Cygnus X-3 in gamma rays", MNRAS Letters 404, L55-L59 (2010). Link

  52. Cerutti, B., Dubus, G., and Henri, G.,"One-dimensional pair cascade emission in gamma-ray binaries. An upper-limit to cascade emission at superior conjunction in LS 5039", Astronomy and Astrophysics 507, 1217-1224 (2009). Link

  53. Cerutti, B., Dubus, G., and Henri, G.,"Spectral signature of a free pulsar wind in the gamma-ray binaries LS 5039 and LSI +61o303", Astronomy and Astrophysics 488, 37-46 (2008). Link

  54. Dubus, G., Cerutti, B., and Henri, G., "The modulation of the gamma-ray emission from the binary LS 5039", Astronomy and Astrophysics 477, 691-700 (2008). Link