Lists
Main work on cosmic rays
- “A Hierarchical Shock Model of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays” (2025)
Paul Simeon, Noémie Globus, Kirk S. S. Barrow, Roger Blandford
Preprint submitted to ApJ on March 13, 2025.
ADS, arXiv:2503.10795, INSPIRE-HEP
This is my main paper describing our model to explain the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. It is an extension of work I did for my PhD thesis.
Conference proceedings
- “Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays from Accretion Shocks of Galaxy Clusters and Filaments” (2023)
P. Simeon, N. Globus, K. Barrow, R. Blandford
Proceedings of Science, ADS
Conference proceeding from ICRC 2023 in Nagoya, Japan, presenting some of the ideas in Simeon et al. (2025). - “A Hierarchical Framework for Explaining the Cosmic Ray Spectrum using Diffusive Shock Acceleration” (2023)
R. Blandford, P. Simeon, N. Globus, P. Mukhopadhyay, E. Peretti, K. Barrow
Proceedings of Science, ADS, arXiv:2309.09116, INSPIRE-HEP
Conference proceeding from ICRC 2023 in Nagoya, Japan, presenting some of the ideas in Simeon et al. (2025). - “The Low Temperature Universe” (2009)
R. Blandford, P. Simeon
AIP, ADS
Other work
- “Reacceleration of Galactic Cosmic Rays beyond the Knee at the Termination Shock of a Cosmic-Ray-driven Galactic Wind” (2023)
P. Mukhopadhyay, E. Peretti, N. Globus, P. Simeon, R. Blandford
ApJ, ADS, arXiv:2301.08902
This paper focuses on the role of the Galactic wind termination shock in reaccelerating cosmic rays as part of the hierarchical model of cosmic ray acceleration. - Book review: Splinters of Infinity, by Mark Wolverton (2024)
The Observatory, ADS - “Cosmic Ray Origins: An Introduction” (2014)
R. Blandford, P. Simeon, Y. Yuan
Nucl. Phys. B Proc. Suppl., ADS, arXiv:1409.2589
The proceeding of a talk by Roger Blandford giving an overview of cosmic ray physics. - “On the acceleration, dynamics, and propagation of cosmic rays” (2014)
Paul Simeon
Stanford University, ADS
My PhD thesis under the supervision of Roger Blandford. It covers my work on plasma physics, Galactic cosmic rays, and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. - “Detection of the Characteristic Pion-Decay Signature in Supernova Remnants” (2013)
Fermi-LAT Collaboration (Ackermann, M. et al.)
Science, ADS, arXiv:1302.3307
During my brief membership of the Fermi-LAT Collaboration, this paper presents evidence that supernova remnant shocks accelerate cosmic ray protons. - “Measurement of the Stau Minus Neutralino Mass Difference and Mgluino in the Co-Annihilation Region at the LHC” (2006)
R. Arnowitt, A. Aurisano, B. Dutta, T. Kamon, N. Kolev, P. Simeon, D. Toback, P. Wagner
ADS, arXiv:0608193
Part of my undergraduate work in experimental high-energy physics and phenomenology. - “An Advantage of Setting Cross Section Limits on the Total Production Mechanism When Multiple Processes Produce the Same Final State” (2006)
P. Simeon, D. Toback
INSPIRE-HEP, Google Scholar
A research note for the CDF Collaboration, written as part of my first undergraduate research project at Texas A&M University.