Overview:

ELMAG is a Monte Carlo program for the simulation of electromagnetic cascades initiated by high-energy photons and electrons interacting with the extragalactic background light. Its original version was written by M. Kachelrieß, S. Ostapchenko and R. Tomàs; M. Blytt joined for version 3.01.

References

When you use this program, give please a reference to

  • M.Kachelrieß, S.Ostapchenko, R.Tomàs, Comput.Phys.Commun. 183 (2012) 1036-1043 [arXiv:1106.5508].
  • M.Blytt, M.Kachelrieß, S.Ostapchenko, submitted to Comput.Phys.Commun. (2019) [arXiv:1909.09210].

The program is based on work published in the following references:
  • K.Dolag, M.Kachelrieß, S.Ostapchenko, R.Tomàs, Astrophys.J. 727 (2011) L4 [astro-ph.HE/1009.1782]
  • K.Dolag, M.Kachelrieß, S.Ostapchenko, R.Tomàs, Astrophys.J. 703 (2009) 1078-1085 [astro-ph.HE/0903.2842]
  • M.Kachelrieß, S.Ostapchenko, R.Tomàs, New J.Phys. 11 (2009) 065017 [astro-ph/0805.2608]

You may consider to reference also these works, if they are of special relevance to your application.