Ultra High Energy Nuclei Propagation
arXiv:0807.0151 · doi:10.1393/ncb/i2008-10560-4
Abstract
We discuss the problem of ultra high energy nuclei propagation in astrophysical backgrounds. We present a new analytical computation scheme based on the hypothesis of continuos energy losses in a kinetic formulation of the particles propagation. This scheme enables the computation of the fluxes of ultra high energy nuclei as well as the fluxes of secondaries (nuclei and nucleons) produced by the process of photo-disintegration suffered by nuclei.
3 pages, 2 eps figures, invited talk given at the IFAE 2008, Bologna, Italy, 26-28 March 2008