PriNCe - Propagation including Nuclear Cascade equations
This code solves the transport equation for ultra-high energy cosmic rays on cosmological scales.
About this version
The package is numerically accurate for its current purpose (UHECR propagation). Since this the first public version, one should be cautious when deviating from the examples and check if the result makes sense, simply because so far only us (the devs) have been using it and the interfaces aren't sufficiently polished to be used error-free for tasks that we didn't foresee. Please file issues for anything strange, unclear, wrong, etc.. It will help us to debug the code and simplify the user interface.
Installation
is as simple as
pip install prince-crCheck the docs for more details on the requirements.
Documentation
The docs are hosted at readthedocs. They are still incomplete and we are working on improvements. Feedback/comments are welcome.
Examples
To get started check out the examples repository and/or follow the tutorial.
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
doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab05ce
Authors
- Anatoli Fedynitch
- Jonas Heinze
Copyright and license
Code released under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE).
Acknowledgements
This code has been initially developed as part of the NEUCOS project and has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant No. 646623).