CRPropa 2.0-A public framework for propagating high energy nuclei, secondary gamma rays and neutrinos

Karl Heinz Kampert, Jörg Kulbartz, Luca MacCione, Nils Nierstenhoefer, Peter Schiffer, Günter Sigl, Arjen René Van Vliet

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Abstract

Version 2.0 of CRPropa [CRPropa is published under the 3rd version of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3). It is available, together with a detailed documentation of the code, at https://crpropa.desy.de.] is public software to model the extra-galactic propagation of ultra-high energy nuclei of atomic number Z≤26 through structured magnetic fields and ambient photon backgrounds taking into account all relevant particle interactions. CRPropa covers the energy range 7×1016<E/eV<A×1022 where A is the nuclear mass number. CRPropa can also be used to track secondary γ-rays and neutrinos which allows the study of their link with the charged primary nuclei-the so called multi-messenger connection. After a general introduction we present several sample applications of current interest concerning the physics of extragalactic ultra-high energy radiation.

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)41-51
Number of pages11
JournalAstroparticle Physics
Volume42
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Extragalactic magnetic fields
  • Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

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