Improved photomeson model for interactions of cosmic ray nuclei
Result description
Photohadronic interactions are important for the sources and the transport of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs). Current state-of-the-art cosmic ray transport simulations handle nuclear disintegration at energies of the Giant Dipole Resonance at a more sophisticated level, as well as the photohadronic interactions of nucleons in the high-energy regime above the pion production threshold. However, the interactions of nuclei above the pion production threshold are commonly modeled by treating the nucleus as a superposition of free nucleons - ignoring the effect of the nuclear medium. We construct an improved, inclusive model for the photomeson regime for nuclei with A <= 56 by employing more accurate, data-driven parametrizations of the interaction cross section, the fragmentation of the primary nucleus and the inclusive pion production cross section that directly affects the production of astrophysical neutrinos.
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angličtina
Original language name
Improved photomeson model for interactions of cosmic ray nuclei
Original language description
Photohadronic interactions are important for the sources and the transport of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs). Current state-of-the-art cosmic ray transport simulations handle nuclear disintegration at energies of the Giant Dipole Resonance at a more sophisticated level, as well as the photohadronic interactions of nucleons in the high-energy regime above the pion production threshold. However, the interactions of nuclei above the pion production threshold are commonly modeled by treating the nucleus as a superposition of free nucleons - ignoring the effect of the nuclear medium. We construct an improved, inclusive model for the photomeson regime for nuclei with A <= 56 by employing more accurate, data-driven parametrizations of the interaction cross section, the fragmentation of the primary nucleus and the inclusive pion production cross section that directly affects the production of astrophysical neutrinos.
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Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
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OECD FORD branch
10303 - Particles and field physics
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Publication year
2019
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
ISSN
1475-7516
e-ISSN
1475-7516
Volume of the periodical
2019
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
28
Pages from-to
007
UT code for WoS article
000507259700004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85080948709
Basic information
Result type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
OECD FORD
Particles and field physics
Year of implementation
2019