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
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