INVESTIGADORES
GONZALEZ Nicolas Martin
artículos
Título:
The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
Autor/es:
THE PIERRE AUGER COLLABORATION; N. GONZÁLEZ
Revista:
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2015 vol. 798
ISSN:
0167-5087
Resumen:
The Pierre Auger Observatory, located on a vast, high plain in westernArgentina, is the world's largest cosmic ray observatory. The objectives of theObservatory are to probe the origin and characteristics of cosmic rays above1017 eV and to study the interactions of these, the most energeticparticles observed in nature. The Auger design features an array of 1660water-Cherenkov particle detector stations spread over 3000 km2 overlookedby 24 air fluorescence telescopes. In addition, three high elevationfluorescence telescopes overlook a 23.5 km2, 61-detector infilled array with750 m spacing. The Observatory has been in successful operation sincecompletion in 2008 and has recorded data from an exposure exceeding 40,000km2 sr yr. This paper describes the design and performance of the detectors,related subsystems and infrastructure that make up the Auger Observatory.
