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y-Cascade V4: A semi-analytical code for modeling cosmological gamma-ray propagation
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC). Princeton University, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8971-834x
Number of Authors: 22025 (English)In: Computer Physics Communications, ISSN 0010-4655, E-ISSN 1879-2944, Vol. 307, article id 109408Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Since the universe is not transparent to gamma rays with energies above around one hundred GeV, it is necessary to account for the interaction of high-energy photons with intergalactic radiation fields in order to model gamma- ray propagation. Here, we present a public numerical software for the modeling of gamma-ray observables. This code computes the effects on gamma-ray spectra from the development of electromagnetic cascades and cosmological redshifting. The code introduced here is based on the original y-Cascade, and builds on it by improving its performance at high redshifts, introducing new propagation modules, and adding many more extragalactic radiation field models, which enables the ability to estimate the uncertainties inherent to EBL modeling. We compare the results of this new code to existing Monte Carlo electromagnetic transport models, finding good agreement within EBL uncertainties.

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2025. Vol. 307, article id 109408
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Diffuse gamma-ray background, Electromagnetic cascades, Extragalactic background light
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-247763DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2024.109408ISI: 001348258800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85207596439OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-247763DiVA, id: diva2:2004374
Available from: 2025-10-07 Created: 2025-10-07 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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