New particle pusher with hadronic interactions for modeling multimessenger emission from compact objects
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.
Authors
- Fabio Bacchini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-8154)
- Bart Ripperda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-3908)
- Lorenzo Sironi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1227-2754)
- Hayk Hakobyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-6862)
- Rostom Mbarek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-5292)
- Minghao Zou
Institutions
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- Perimeter Institute (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BE)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (US)
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CA)
- Joint Space Science Institute (US)
- West Valley High School (US)
- Flatiron Health (United States) (US)
- Flatiron Institute (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.083032
- Primary Topic
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Simons Foundation
- Compute Canada
- Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Vlaamse regering
- Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada
- Canadian Space Agency
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada