Detection of Very Inclined Showers with the Auger Observatory

THE PIERRE AUGER COLLABORATION (AUTOR 384 DE 427); M. J. TUEROS

Pune, India

Conferencia; 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference; 2005

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

The Pierre Auger Observatory can detect air showers with high efficiency at large zenith angles with both the fluorescence and surface detectors. Since half the available solid angle corresponds to zeniths between 60 and 90 degrees, a large number of inclined events can be expected and are indeed observed. In this paper, we characterise the inclined air showers detected by the Observatory and we present the aperture for inclined showers and an outlook of the results that can be obtained in future studies of the inclined data set.