CRPropa 3.0 - a Public Framework for Propagating UHE Cosmic Rays through Galactic and Extragalactic Space
Abstract
The interpretation of experimental data of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) above 10^17 eV is still under controversial debate. The development and improvement of numerical tools to propagate UHECRs in galactic and extragalactic space is a crucial ingredient to interpret data and to draw conclusions on astrophysical parameters. In this contribution the next major release of the publicly available code CRPropa (3.0) is presented. It reflects a complete redesign of the code structure to facilitate high performance computing and comprises new physical features such as an interface for galactic propagation using lensing techniques and inclusion of cosmological effects in a three-dimensional environment. The performance is benchmarked and first applications are presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1307.2643,
title = {CRPropa 3.0 - a Public Framework for Propagating UHE Cosmic Rays through Galactic and Extragalactic Space},
author = {Rafael Alves Batista and Martin Erdmann and Carmelo Evoli and Karl-Heinz Kampert and Daniel Kuempel and Gero Müller and Peter Schiffer and Guenter Sigl and Arjen van Vliet and David Walz and Tobias Winchen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2643},
year = {2013}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2-9 July 2013