IFLP   13074
INSTITUTO DE FISICA LA PLATA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The northern site of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Autor/es:
PIERRE AUGER COLLABORATION (J. ABRAHAM, ... , A. MARIAZZI,ET AL)
Revista:
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Editorial:
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 12 p. 35001 - 35001
ISSN:
1367-2630
Resumen:
The Pierre Auger Observatory is an international facility dedicated to
the full-sky study of the highest-energy cosmic rays. The southern site
of the Auger Observatory was completed in June 2008. Data collected
since January 2004 have yielded important information on the energy
spectrum, the primary particle composition, the fluxes of photons and
neutrinos and on the anisotropic distribution of the arrival directions
of the most energetic particles. On this basis, the scientific
motivation for the northern Auger Observatory site in Colorado, USA, is
discussed. The overall layout, the key components and the expected
performance of this 20 000 km2 hybrid observatory comprised of an array of 4400 surface detectors and 39 fluorescence telescopes are described.