Published December 13, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

A Hybrid Monte Carlo Generator for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays from their Sources to the Observer

  • 1. III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen, Otto-Blumenthal-Straße, 52056 Aachen (Germany)
  • 2. MPI für Astrophysik, PO Box 1317, 85741 Garching (Germany)
  • 3. II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg (Germany)

Description

To understand in detail cosmic magnetic fields and sources of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) we have developed a Monte Carlo simulation for galactic and extragalactic propagation. In our approach we identify three different propagation regimes for UHECRs, the Milky Way, the local universe out to 110 Mpc, and the distant universe. For deflections caused by the galactic magnetic field a lensing technique based on matrices is applied which are created from backtracking of antiparticles through galactic field models. Propagation in the local universe uses forward tracking through structured magnetic fields extracted from simulations of the large scale structure of the universe. UHECRs from distant sources are simulated using parameterized models. In this contribution we present the combination of all three simulation techniques by means of probability maps. The combined probability maps are used to generate a large number of UHECRs, and to create distributions from approximately realistic universe scenarios. Comparisons with physics analyses of UHECR measurements enable the development of new analysis techniques and help to constrain parameters of the underlying physics models like the source density and the magnetic field strength in the universe.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/396/2/022036

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
396
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
International conference on computing in high energy and nuclear physics 2012
Acronym
CHEP2012
Dates
21-25 May 2012
Place
New York, NY (United States)