• Title of article

    CRT: A numerical tool for propagating ultra-high energy cosmic rays through Galactic magnetic field models

  • Author/Authors

    Sutherland، نويسنده , , M.S. and Baughman، نويسنده , , B.M. and Beatty، نويسنده , , J.J.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    198
  • To page
    204
  • Abstract
    Deflection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) by the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) may be sufficiently strong to hinder identification of the UHECR source distribution. A common method for determining the effect of GMF models on source identification efforts is back-tracking cosmic rays. We present the public numerical tool CRT for propagating charged particles through Galactic magnetic field models by numerically integrating the relativistic equation of motion. It is capable of both forward- and back-tracking particles with varying compositions through pre-defined and custom user-created magnetic fields. These particles are injected from various types of sources specified and distributed according to the user. Here, we present a description of some source and magnetic field model implementations, as well as validation of the integration routines.
  • Keywords
    magnetic Fields , Cosmic rays , Numerical simulation
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    1335990