出版社:SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要:We study the development of high energy cascades produced by a primary electron of energy Ein < 1 TeV injected into the intergalactic medium (IGM). To this aim we have developed the new code MEDEA (Monte Carlo Energy DEposition Analysis) which includes Bremsstrahlung and Inverse Compton (IC) processes, along with H/He collisional ionizations and excitations, and electron-electron collisions. Our results can be used in many astrophysical contexts, with an obvious application related to the study of decaying/annihilating Dark Matter (DM) candidates in the high-z Universe.