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Better documentation for the Epmax and Eemax parameters #207

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luca-giunti opened this issue Dec 17, 2020 · 2 comments
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Better documentation for the Epmax and Eemax parameters #207

luca-giunti opened this issue Dec 17, 2020 · 2 comments

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@luca-giunti
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While studying candidate PeVatron sources, the high-energy part of the electron/proton distributions are extremely relevant. For a long time, I used naima without modifying the default Epmax=10 PeV and Eemax=510 TeV parameters, just because I didn't know they existed, thus strongly biasing my results.

A more explicit handling of this parameters (also the Epmin/Eemin) would be good. For example, not defining any default Epmax/Eemax would force the user to make a choice, adapted case-by-case. Alternatively, the default values should be well documented.

Thanks, cheers!

@zhenjieW
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Hi, the Epmin/Eemin is optional, it is a variable.

@luca-giunti
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Yes, the problem is that if you don't set it properly all your results at high energy may be wrong. It is OK to leave it optional, but I would document it better if possible

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