New particle pusher with hadronic interactions for modeling multimessenger emission from compact objects
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Physical sciences
Subject
Hadron-hadron interactions
Particle acceleration in plasmas
Particle astrophysics
Particle interactions
Plasma-particle interactions
Radiation & particle generation in plasmas
Space & astrophysical plasma
Accretion disk & black-hole plasma
Astrophysical jets
Classical black holes
Magnetized plasma
Neutron stars & pulsars
Protons
Relativistic plasmas
Astrophysical & cosmological simulations
Monte Carlo methods
Numerical simulations in gravitation & astrophysics
Particle-in-cell methods
Test-particle methods
Audience
Scientific
Date
2025Metadata
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We propose novel numerical schemes based on the Boris method in curved spacetime, incorporating both hadronic and radiative interactions for the first time. Once the proton has lost significant energy due to radiative and hadronic losses, and its gyroradius has decreased below typical scales on which the electromagnetic field varies, we apply a guiding center approximation (GCA). We fundamentally simulate collision processes either with a Monte-Carlo method or, where applicable, as a continuous energy loss, contingent on the local optical depth. To test our algorithm for the first time combining the effects of electromagnetic, gravitational, and radiation fields including hadronic interactions, we simulate highly relativistic protons traveling through various electromagnetic fields and proton backgrounds. We provide unit tests in various spatially dependent electromagnetic and gravitational fields and background photon and proton distributions, comparing the trajectory against analytic results. We propose that our method can be used to analyze hadronic interactions in black hole accretion disks, jets, and coronae to study the neutrino abundance from active galactic nuclei.
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Zou, M.; Hakobyan, H.; Mbarek, R.; Ripperda, B.; Bacchini, F.; Sironi, L. (2025). New particle pusher with hadronic interactions for modeling multimessenger emission from compact objects. , Physical Review D, Vol. 111, Issue 8, A083032, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.083032.Identifiers
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Yes
Language
eng