PriNCe-data-utils

Data tables and utilities to construct the database file for PriNCe

The PriNCe UHECR propagation code requires tabulated data for photon fields, photo-nuclear and photo-hadronic interactions. This collection of utilities, mainly the jupyter notebook construct_prince_database.ipynb, will generate the database file in HDF5 format from various sources. To extend the database one can follow the implementation and extend the file with custom data.

A second database file is generated by make_particle_dict.py

These tools were developed and used mainly in Heinze et al., Astrophys.J. 873 (2019)

Requirements

This is a light pure python code without specific requirements to the architecture.

Dependencies:

PriNCe propagation code
python-3.7 or later
particletools
numpy
scipy
pandas
astropy
six
h5py
jupyter notebook or jupyter lab

Usage

Make sure the dependencies are installed pip install -r requirements.txt
Launch with jupyter notebook|lab construct_prince_database.ipynb. The notebook generates an HDF database file that can be copied to prince-dir/prince_cr/data folder.
To create a new nuclide/particle property database process the notebook construct_particle_nuclide_database.ipynb. Then copy the file particle_data.ppo to prince-dir/prince_cr/data folder.

Experimenting with data

Some example/debugging notebooks used for cross-checking and visualizing data are located in the notebooks directory. Have a look.

Citation

If you are using this code in your work, please cite:

A new view on Auger data and cosmogenic neutrinos in light of different nuclear disintegration and air-shower models
J. Heinze, A. Fedynitch, D. Boncioli and W. Winter
Astrophys.J. 873 (2019) no.1, 88

Author

Jonas Heinze
Anatoli Fedynitch

Copyright and license

Licensed under BSD 3-Clause License, see (LICENSE)