22-30 July 2021
North-West University
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Diffusing assumptions in astroparticle physics

27 Jul 2021, 16:15
15m
Potchefstroom Campus (North-West University)

Potchefstroom Campus

North-West University

Oral Presentation Track D1 - Astrophysics Astrophysics

Speaker

Michael Sarkis (University of the Witwatersrand)

Description

Previous calculations of diffuse radio emissions from dark matter annihilations have made use of Green’s function approximations to solve the diffusive cosmic ray transport equation. Some notable astrophysical code packages, including GALPROP and DRAGON, take a numerical approach to this calculation that involves the use of the Crank-Nicolson finite-differencing scheme. In this work we analyse the physical accuracy of the analytic approximations and directly compare the computational efficiency of the two solution methods. We also incorporate full spatial dependence into the diffusion and energy-loss coefficients, and compare this to the approach of using spatially-averaged values of the magnetic field strength and thermal electron population.

Apply to be considered for a student ; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Level for award;(Hons, MSc, PhD, N/A)?

PhD

Primary authors

Michael Sarkis (University of the Witwatersrand) Geoff Beck (University of Witwatersrand)

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