INVESTIGADORES
MOLLERACH Maria Silvia
artículos
Título:
The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
Autor/es:
THE PIERRE AUGER COLLABORATION, INCLUYE S. MOLLERACH
Revista:
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH A - ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPAMENT
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2015
ISSN:
0168-9002
Resumen:
The Pierre Auger Observatory, located on a vast, high plain in westernArgentina, is the world's largest cosmic ray observatory. The objectivesof the Observatory are to probe the origin and characteristics of cosmicrays above $10^{17}$ eV and to study the interactions of these, the mostenergetic particles observed in nature. The Auger design features anarray of 1660 water-Cherenkov particle detector stations spread over3000 km$^2$ overlooked by 24 air fluorescence telescopes. In addition,three high elevation fluorescence telescopes overlook a 23.5 km$^2$,61-detector infilled array with 750 m spacing. The Observatory has beenin successful operation since completion in 2008 and has recorded datafrom an exposure exceeding 40,000 km$^2$ sr yr. This paper describes thedesign and performance of the detectors, related subsystems andinfrastructure that make up the Auger Observatory.
