| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 52, 2013
ISVHECRI 2012 – XVII International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions
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| Article Number | 06001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | CR Physics Above the Knee | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135206001 | |
| Published online | 10 June 2013 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135206001
Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory
1 Università del Salento and INFN Lecce
2 Observatorio Pierre Auger, Av. San Martín Norte 304, 5613, Malargüe, Argentina
a e-mail: lorenzo.perrone@le.infn.it
The Pierre Auger Observatory has been designed to investigate the origin and the nature of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays using a hybrid detection technique. It islocated in the Province of Mendoza, Argentina, and consists of a surface array of about 3000 km2 overlooked by 27 air fluorescence telescopes grouped in four sites, which together provide a powerful instrument for air shower reconstruction. The combination of information from the surface array, measuring the lateral distributions of secondary particles at the ground, and the fluorescence telescopes, observing the longitudinal profile, enhances the reconstruction capability with respect to the individual detector components. Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays offer also the unique chance of investigating particle interactions over an energy range well beyondthe one covered by present and future ground-based particle accelerators. A review of selected results is presented with the emphasis given to the measurement of energy spectrum, arrival directions, chemical composition and the search for photons and neutrinos as primary particles.
Full author list: http://www.auger.org/archive/authors_2012_12.html
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