High energy neutrino yields from astrophysical sources. 2. Magnetized sourcesстатья
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Аннотация:We calculate the yield of high energy neutrinos produced in astrophysical sources for arbitrary
interaction depths τ0 and magnetic field strengths B. We take into account energy loss processes
like synchrotron radiation and diffusion of charged particles in turbulent magnetic fields as well as
the scattering of secondaries on background photons and the direct production of charm neutrinos.
Meson-photon interactions are simulated with an extended version of the SOPHIA model. Diffusion
leads to an increased path-length before protons leave the source of size Rs and therefore magnetized
sources lose their transparency below the energy E ∼ 1018 eV (Rs/pc) (B/mG)τ0 1/α
, with α = 1/3
and 1 for Kolmogorov and Bohm diffusion, respectively. Moreover, the neutrino flux is suppressed
above the energy where synchrotron energy losses become important for charged particles. As a
consequence, the energy spectrum and the flavor composition of neutrinos are strongly modified
both at low and high energies even for sources with τ0 < 1.