akira-okumura / pycrflux

Python module to plot cosmic-ray flux

$Id: README,v 1.4 2009/05/19 17:05:09 oxon Exp $
PyCRFlux is a python package that has some useful utilities to plot CR fluxes
and calculate diffuse gamma-ray flux.

=== Developers ===

- Akira Okumura [e-mail]

=== Requirements ===

- Python 2.5 (other version is not tested)
  http://www.python.org/
- setuptools
  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
- ROOT and PyROOT (tested with only version 5.22.00)
  http://root.cern.ch/
- numpy
  http://numpy.scipy.org/
- pyfits
  http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits
- cparamlib 2.1.0 and modified ParamModel.py (included in ./ext)
  http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~niklas/cparamlib/index.html
- FORTRAN compiler g77/gfortran/ifort etc.

=== Getting Started ===

- Installation
$ tar zxvf PyCRFlux-x.y.z.tar.gz
$ cd PyCRFlux-x.y.z
$ python setup.py install

- Test
Run the scripts in "test" directory

- Write Your Code
See the scripts in "examples" directory

=== References ===

- Pi0 decay model
T. Kamae, et al., ApJ 647 (2006) 692-708
T. Kamae, et al., ApJ 662 (2007) 779
M. Mori, ApJ 478 (1997) 225-232
G.D. Badhwar, S.A. Stephens & R.L. Golden, Phys. Rev. D 15 (1977) 820
C. Dermer, A&A 157 (1986) 223
C. Dermer, ApJ 307 (1986) 47
I. Moskalenko & A. Strong, ApJ 493 (1998) 694
F. Stecker, Astrophys. Spa. Sci. 6 (1970) 377
S.A. Stephens & G.D. Badhwar, Astrophys. Spa. Sci. 76 (1981) 213
T.K. Gaisser & R.K. Schaefer, ApJ 394 (1992) 174-183
 
- AMS
J. Alcaraz, et al., Phys. Lett. B 490 (2000) 27-35
J. Alcaraz, et al., Phys. Lett. B 494 (2000) 193-202

- ATIC
A.D. Panov, et al., Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 71 (2007) 494-497 
Private communication with Dr. Panov

- BESS-TeV
S. Haino, et al., Phys. Lett. B 594 (2004) 35-46        

- RUNJOB
A.V. Apanasenko et al. Astroparticle Physics 16 (2001) 13-46

=== Acknowledgement ===
I thank to all scientists who kindly had fruitful discussion with me.

Function pp_meson.pp_meson and class Mori1997 are based on other programs;
- GALPROP v50.1p developed by A. Strong and I. Moskalenko
- gamspec1 developed by M. Mori
I really appreciate their help and permissions to include their codes.