LEADER 04044nam 22005655 450 001 9910878068603321 005 20240729125233.0 010 $a9789819975242$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789819975235 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-99-7524-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31572187 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31572187 035 $a(CKB)33566469100041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-99-7524-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933566469100041 100 $a20240729d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aElectron-Photon Cascades $eA Probabilistic Point of View /$fby Vladimir V. Uchaikin 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (510 pages) 225 1 $aNonlinear Physical Science,$x1867-8459 311 08$aPrint version: Uchaikin, Vladimir V. Electron-Photon Cascades Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,c2024 9789819975235 327 $aIntroduction -- Cascade processes of high energy -- Forward (basic) equation for CP -- Backward (adjoint) equation -- Electrons and photons -- Analytical EPC theory -- EPC fluctuations theory.-Cascades in calorimeters -- SBCE method -- Monte Carlo modeling -- EAS structure -- Cherenkov radiation of EPC -- Transport in interstellar medium -- Relativistic EPC in intergalactic medium.-Conclusion: Cascade ages, similarity, universality. . 330 $aThis book demonstrates the practical application of an alternative approach to current problems in high-energy astrophysics. In high-energy astrophysical processes, single collisions are accompanied by the appearance of many secondary particles with different properties. To describe the infinitesimal evolution of such a system at a measurement instant, as is commonly done when deriving the kinetic equation for the system with conserved number of particles, one must know either its prehistory or the infinite family of many-particle distributions. An alternative to this approach is to use an adjoint (in the sense of Lagrange) mathematical formalism, where the independent active variable is the phase position of a primary particle generating the cascade, and the dependent variable has the form of a functional of the cascade as a whole, interpreted as the reading of some not necessarily linear (additive) detector. This approach is characterized by mathematical efficiency: no matter how many particles are formed in a cascade, the active argument of the desired functional always remains one particle. The second advantage is its generality: the formalization of the readings of the detector, which performs real measurements through the functionality of a random implementation of the cascade, allows it to be applied to a wide range of actually used devices and installations. Readers will be able to master the fundamentals of particle astrophysics in the context of the latest developments in the field. It will benefit graduate students and established researchers alike, equipping them with the knowledge and tools necessary to design and interpret their own experiments and, ultimately, to address a number of questions about the nature and origin of cosmic particles that have arisen in recent research. 410 0$aNonlinear Physical Science,$x1867-8459 606 $aParticles (Nuclear physics) 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aNonlinear Optics 606 $aParticle Physics 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aNonlinear Optics 615 0$aParticles (Nuclear physics). 615 0$aAstrophysics. 615 0$aNonlinear Optics. 615 14$aParticle Physics. 615 24$aAstrophysics. 615 24$aNonlinear Optics. 676 $a539.756 700 $aUchaikin$b Vladimir V$0520680 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910878068603321 996 $aElectron-Photon Cascades$94196851 997 $aUNINA