INVESTIGADORES
SCIUTTO Sergio Juan
artículos
Título:
The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
Autor/es:
THE PIERRE AUGER COLLABORATION.; S. J. SCIUTTO
Revista:
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH A - ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPAMENT
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2015 vol. 798 p. 172 - 213
ISSN:
0168-9002
Resumen:
The Pierre Auger Observatory, located on a vast, high plain in western Argentina, is theworld?s largest cosmic ray observatory. The objectives of the Observatory are to probethe origin and characteristics of cosmic rays above 1017 eV and to study the interactionsof these, the most energetic particles observed in nature. The Auger design features anarray of 1660 water Cherenkov particle detector stations spread over 3000 km2 overlookedby 24 air fluorescence telescopes. In addition, three high elevation fluorescencetelescopes overlook a 23.5 km2, 61-detector infilled array with 750 m spacing. The Observatoryhas been in successful operation since completion in 2008 and has recordeddata from an exposure exceeding 40,000 km2 sr yr. This paper describes the design andperformance of the detectors, related subsystems and infrastructure that make up theObservatory.
