Properties and Performance of the Prototype Instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory

J. ABRAHAM, ET AL, B. GARCÍA ET AL.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Reasearch A

Elsevier

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2004 vol. 523 p. 50 - 95

Construction ofthe .rst stage ofthe Pierre Auger Observatory has begun.The aim ofthe Observatory is to collect unprece ente information about cosmic rays above 10 18 eV :The .rst phase ofthe project,the construction an operation fa prototype system,known as the engineering array,has now been complete .It has allowe all ofthe sub-systems that will be use in the full instrument to be teste un er .eld conditions.In this paper,the properties an performance of these sub-systems are escribe an their success illustrate with escriptions ofsome ofthe events recor e thus far.18 eV :The .rst phase ofthe project,the construction an operation fa prototype system,known as the engineering array,has now been complete .It has allowe all ofthe sub-systems that will be use in the full instrument to be teste un er .eld conditions.In this paper,the properties an performance of these sub-systems are escribe an their success illustrate with escriptions ofsome ofthe events recor e thus far.