Simulation of ultra-high energy photon propagation in the geomagnetic field

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 71-90

  Homola, P ^a   Gora D ^a   Heck, D ^b   Klages, H ^b   Pekala J ^a   Risse, M ^b   Wilczynska B ^a   Wilczynski H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extensive air showers; Gamma conversion; Geomagnetic cascading; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; PARTICLE OPTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; GAMMA CONVERSION; GEOMAGNETIC CASCADING; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 27744542138     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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