Energy Loss of Ultrahigh Energy Protons in Strong Magnetic Fields

Details Energy Loss of Ultrahigh Energy Protons in Strong Magnetic Fields Energy Loss of Ultrahigh Energy Protons in Strong Magnetic Fields

1999-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9911363v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

11 pages, no figures, LaTeX2e

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Ultrahigh energy protons in magnetic fields produce pions and thus lose energy. The mean free path of such a process is worked out for Gaussian random fields. Two cases are considered: an isotropic and a cylindrically symmetric distribution. The energy loss is proportional to E^3 ; it becomes significant for protons of energies larger than about 10^19 eV and magnetic fields of about 10^9 Gauss. For energies and magnetic fields of this magnitude, a proton injected into the magnetic field loses a substantial fraction of its initial energy due to pion production.

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