Propagation of ultrahigh energy protons in the nearby universe

Todor Stanev, Ralph Engel, Anita Mücke, Raymond J. Protheroe, and Jörg P. Rachen
Phys. Rev. D 62, 093005 – Published 28 September 2000
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Abstract

We present a new calculation of the propagation of protons with energies above 1019eV over distances of up to several hundred Mpc. The calculation is based on a Monte Carlo approach using the event generator SOPHIA for the simulation of hadronic nucleon-photon interactions and a realistic integration of the particle trajectories in a random extragalactic magnetic field. Accounting for the proton scattering in the magnetic field affects noticeably the nucleon energy as a function of the distance to their source and allows us to give realistic predictions on arrival energy, time delay, and arrival angle distributions and correlations as well as secondary particle production spectra.

  • Received 31 March 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.093005

©2000 American Physical Society

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Todor Stanev1, Ralph Engel1, Anita Mücke2,3, Raymond J. Protheroe2, and Jörg P. Rachen4

  • 1Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716
  • 2Department of Physics & Math Physics, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
  • 3Université de Montréal, Département de Physique, Montréal, Canada H3C3J7
  • 4Sterrenkundig Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Vol. 62, Iss. 9 — 1 November 2000

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