TY - JOUR
T1 - Perturbation to aquatic photosynthesis due to high energy muons from cosmic ray bursts due to neutron star mergers
AU - Rodríguez-López, Lien
AU - Cárdenas, Rolando
AU - González-Rodríguez, Lisdelys
AU - Peñate, Liuba
AU - Parra, Oscar
AU - Urrutia, Roberto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - In this work, we propose a modification of the E-model (Cullen, Neale, and Lesser) mathematical model for aquatic photosynthesis to include the action of ionizing radiation. We evaluated, with this modified model, the perturbations that muons from neutron star fusions could cause in the biological process of aquatic photosynthesis. It is shown that neutron star fusions not far from the solar system have the potential to considerably deplete aquatic photosynthesis.
AB - In this work, we propose a modification of the E-model (Cullen, Neale, and Lesser) mathematical model for aquatic photosynthesis to include the action of ionizing radiation. We evaluated, with this modified model, the perturbations that muons from neutron star fusions could cause in the biological process of aquatic photosynthesis. It is shown that neutron star fusions not far from the solar system have the potential to considerably deplete aquatic photosynthesis.
KW - cosmic ray burst
KW - muons
KW - neutron star merger
KW - photosynthesis model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078496167&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/asna.201913753
DO - 10.1002/asna.201913753
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078496167
SN - 0004-6337
VL - 340
SP - 828
EP - 833
JO - Astronomische Nachrichten
JF - Astronomische Nachrichten
IS - 9-10
ER -