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Statement of Peer review

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Introduction: 100 years of cosmic rays

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The highest-energy cosmic-rays – the past, the present and the future 00001

Alan Watson

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921000001

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Spectrum, Anisotropies, Mass Composition

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TA Spectrum 01001

Dmitri Ivanov

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921001001

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Auger-TA energy spectrum working group report 01002

Tareq AbuZayyad, Olivier Deligny, Daisuke Ikeda, Dmitri Ivanov, Isabelle Lhenry-Yvon, Ioana Mariş, Daniela Mockler, Toshiyuki Nonaka, Markus Roth, Francesco Salamida et al. (6 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921001002

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Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum derived from the Data of EAS Cherenkov Light Arrays in the Tunka Valley 01003

V. Prosin, I. Astapov, P. Bezyazeekov, A. Borodin, M. Brückner, N. Budnev, A. Chiavassa, A. Dyachok, O. Fedorov, A. Gafarov et al. (64 more)

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TA Anisotropy Summary 01004

K. Kawata, A. di Matteo, T. Fujii, D. Ivanov, C.C.H. Jui, J.P. Lundquist, J.N. Matthews, S. Ogio, H. Sagawa, G.B. Thomson et al. (3 more)

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Covering the celestial sphere at ultra-high energies: Full-sky cosmic-ray maps beyond the ankle and the flux suppression 01005

J. Biteau, T. Bister, L. Caccianiga, O. Deligny, A. di Matteo, T. Fujii, D. Harari, K. Kawata, D. Ivanov, J.P. Lundquist et al. (7 more)

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Supergalactic Structure of Multiplets with the Telescope Array Surface Detector 01006

Jon Paul Lundquist and Pierre V. Sokolsky

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921001006

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Investigating an angular correlation between nearby starburst galaxies and UHECRs with the Telescope Array experiment 01007

Armando di Matteo, Toshihiro Fujii and Kazumasa Kawata

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921001007

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Measurements of UHECR Mass Composition by Telescope Array 01008

William Hanlon

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921001008

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Depth of maximum of air-shower profiles: testing the compatibility of measurements performed at the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array experiment 01009

Alexey Yushkov, Jose Bellido, John Belz, Vitor de Souza, William Hanlon, Daisuke Ikeda, Pierre Sokolsky, Yoshiki Tsunesada, Michael Unger, for the Pierre Auger and Telescope Array collaborations

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921001009

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Hadronic Models

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High energy cosmic ray interactions and UHECR composition problem 02001

Sergey Ostapchenko

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002001

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Measurements and tests of hadronic interactions at ultra-high energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory 02002

Lorenzo Cazon and on hehalf of the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002002

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Hadronic interaction studied by TA 02003

Takashi Sako

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002003

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Report on Tests and Measurements of Hadronic Interaction Properties with Air Showers 02004

H.P. Dembinski, J.C. Arteaga-Velázquez, L. Cazon, R. Conceição, J. Gonzalez, Y. Itow, D. Ivanov, N.N. Kalmykov, I. Karpikov, S. Müller et al. (19 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002004

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Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays: Anomalies, QCD, and LHC data 02005

David d’Enterria

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002005

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Probing the π⁰ spectrum at high-x in proton-Air interactions at ultra-high energies 02006

Lorenzo Cazon, Ruben Conceição, Miguel Alexandre Martins and Felix Riehn

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002006

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Air showers, hadronic models, and muon production 02007

S. J. Sciutto

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002007

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EPOS 3 and Air Showers 02008

Tanguy Pierog, Benjamin Guiot, Iurii Karpenko, Gabriel Sophys, Maria Stefaniak and Klaus Werner

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002008

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Leading cluster approach to simulations of hadron collisions with GHOST generator 02009

Jean-Noël Capdevielle, Zbigniew Plebaniak, Barbara Szabelska and Jacek Szabelski

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002009

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Determination of the invisible energy of extensive air showers from the data collected at Pierre Auger Observatory 02010

Analisa G. Mariazzi and for the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002010

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CORSIKA 8 – Towards a modern framework for the simulation of extensive air showers 02011

Maximilian Reininghaus and Ralf Ulrich

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002011

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Study of muons from ultrahigh energy cosmic ray air showers measured with the Telescope Array experiment 02012

R. Takeishi

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002012

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Direct Measurement of the Muon Density in Air Showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory 02013

Sarah Müller and for the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002013

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Ultra high energy cosmic rays simulated with CONEX code 02014

Ghazala Lakel and Mohamed Cherif Talai

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002014

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Average shape of longitudinal shower profiles measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory 02015

Sofia Andringa and on behalf of the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002015

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Preliminary results of the AMIGA engineering array at the Pierre Auger Observatory 02016

Alvaro Taboada and for the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921002016

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Muti-messenger

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High-energy emissions from neutron star mergers 03001

Shigeo S. Kimura

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921003001

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Multi-messenger Astrophysics at Ultra-High Energy with the Pierre Auger Observatory 03002

Jaime Alvarez-Muñiz and for the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921003002

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Search for a correlation between the UHECRs measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array and the neutrino candidate events from IceCube and ANTARES 03003

J. Aublin, A. Coleiro, A. Kouchner, for the ANTARES Collaboration, I. Al Samarai, A. Barbano, T. Montaruli, L. Schumacher, C. Wiebusch, for the IceCube Collaboration et al. (8 more)

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Latest results on high-energy cosmic neutrino searches with the ANTARES neutrino telescope 03004

Agustín Sánchez Losa

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921003004

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Latest Cosmic Ray Results from IceTop and IceCube 03005

Karen Andeen and Matthias Plum

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921003005

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High-Energy Neutrinos from Blazar Flares and Implications of TXS 0506+056 03006

Foteini Oikonomou, Kohta Murase and Maria Petropoulou

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921003006

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Phenomenology

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High-Energy Cosmic Rays from Radio Galaxies 04001

Björn Eichmann

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921004001

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Cosmic ray acceleration to ultrahigh energy in radio galaxies 04002

James H. Matthews, Anthony R. Bell, Anabella T. Araudo and Katherine M. Blundell

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921004002

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Transition from Galactic to Extragalactic Cosmic Rays 04003

M. Kachelrieß

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921004003

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Origins of Extragalactic Cosmic Ray Nuclei by Contracting Alignment Patterns induced in the Galactic Magnetic Field 04004

Martin Erdmann, Lukas Geiger, David Schmidt, Martin Urban and Marcus Wirtz

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921004004

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Progress in the Global Modeling of the Galactic Magnetic Field 04005

Michael Unger and Glennys Farrar

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921004005

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On the maximum energy of protons in the hotspots of AGN jets 04006

Anabella T. Araudo, Anthony R. Bell, James Matthews and Katherine Blundell

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921004006

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Detection Techniques

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NICHE: Air-Cherenkov observation at the TA site 05001

Douglas R. Bergman, Yoshiki Tsunesada, John F. Krizmanic and Yugo Omura

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005001

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Overview of the Auger@TA project and preliminary results from Phase I 05002

Fred Sarazin, Corbin Covault, Toshihiro Fujii, Robert Halliday, Jeffrey Johnsen, Ryan Lorek, Toshiyuki Nonaka, Sean Quinn, Hiroyuki Sagawa, Takashi Sako et al. (5 more)

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Multi-wavelength observation of cosmic-ray air-showers with CODALEMA/EXTASIS 05003

Antony Escudie, Didier Charrier, Richard Dallier, Daniel García-Fernández, Alain Lecacheux, Lilian Martin and Benoît Revenu

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005003

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The Auger@TA Project: Phase II Progress and Plans 05004

Corbin Covault, Toshihiro Fujii, Robert Halliday, Jeffrey Johnsen, Ryan Lorek, Toshiyuki Nonaka, Sean Quinn, Hiroyuki Sagawa, Takashi Sako, Fred Sarazin et al. (5 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005004

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The Detection of UHECRs with the EUSO-TA Telescope 05005

F. Bisconti, J.W. Belz, M.E. Bertaina, M. Casolino, T. Ebisuzaki, J. Eser, J.N. Matthews, L.W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, H. Sagawa et al. (7 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005005

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Cloud distribution evaluated by the WRF model during the EUSO-SPB1 flight 05006

K Shinozaki, S Monte, S Ferrarese, M Manfrin, ME Bertaina, A Anzalone, F Bisconti, A Bruno, A Diaz, J Eser et al. (4 more)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005006

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Atmospheric Electricity Studies at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Signal Comparisons between Lightning and Cosmic Ray Events 05007

Kevin-Druis Merenda and on behalf of the Pierre Auger Collaboration

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005007

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Atmospheric aerosol attenuation effect on FD data analysis at the Pierre Auger Observatory 05008

Laura Valore and for the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005008

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Results from the first missions of the JEM-EUSO program 05009

Mario Bertaina

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005009

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Studies for high energy air shower identification using RF measurements with the ASTRONEU array 05010

Stavros Nonis, George Bourlis, Ioannis Gkialas, Antonios Leisos, Ioannis Manthos, Kostas Papageorgiou, Apostolos Tsirigotis and Spyros Tzamarias

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005010

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Radio detection of cosmic rays with the Auger Engineering Radio Array 05011

Tim Huege and on behalf of the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005011

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Quality Control of High-Speed Photon Detectors 05012

Yusuke Inome, Yuji Sunada, Yuki Choshi, Masao Ichida, Razmik Mirzoyan, Hideyuki Ohoka, Takayuki Saito, Kinji Tamura, Masahiro Teshima and Tokonatsu Yamamoto

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005012

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A novel method for the absolute end-to-end calibration of the Auger fluorescence telescopes 05013

Hermann-Josef Mathes

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005013

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Simulation of the optical performance of the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes 05014

Miroslav Pech, Justin Albury, Jose A. Bellido, John Farmer, Toshihiro Fujii, Petr Hamal, Pavel Horvath, Miroslav Hrabovsky, Ladislav Chytka, Max Malacari et al. (9 more)

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Development of the calibration device using UAV mounted UV-LED light source for the fluorescence detector 05015

Takayuki Tomida, Taichi Inadomi, Terutsugu Seki, Yuichiro Tameda, Yuya Oku and Kengo Sano

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005015

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Cloud monitoring system at Telescope Array site by Visible Fisheye CCD 05016

Ryo Nakamura, Takayuki Tomida, Yasunori Saito and Katsuya Yamazaki

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921005016

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Futur Detectors

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Status and prospects of the TAx4 experiment 06001

Eiji Kido

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006001

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AugerPrime: the Pierre Auger Observatory Upgrade 06002

Antonella Castellina and for the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006002

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A next-generation ground array for the detection of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays: the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) 06003

Toshihiro Fujii, Max Malacari, Justin Albury, Jose A. Bellido, Ladislav Chytka, John Farmer, Petr Hamal, Pavel Horvath, Miroslav Hrabovsky, Dusan Mandat et al. (9 more)

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Detection of ultra-high energy cosmic ray air showers by Cosmic Ray Air Fluorescence Fresnel lens Telescope for next generation 06004

Yuichiro Tameda, Mashu Yamamoto, Takayuki Tomida, Daisuke Ikeda, Katsuya Yamazaki, Hirokazu Iwakura, Yuya Nakamura and Yasunori Saito

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006004

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Precision measurements of cosmic rays up to the highest energies with a large radio array at the Pierre Auger Observatory 06005

Jörg R. Hörandel and for the Collaboration

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006005

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Search for Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays with the TUS orbital telescope and comparison with ESAF 06006

Mario Bertaina, Antonella Castellina, Roberto Cremonini, Francesco Fenu, Pavel Klimov, Anthony Salsi, Sergey Sharakin, Kenji Shinozaki and Mikhail Zotov

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006006

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The GRAND project and GRANDProto300 experiment 06007

Olivier Martineau-Huynh

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006007

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POEMMA: Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics 06008

John Krizmanic

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006008

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A Scintillator and Radio Enhancement of the IceCube Surface Detector Array 06009

Andreas Haungs

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006009

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Scintillator Surface Detector simulations for AugerPrime 06010

David Schmidt and for the Pierre Auger Collaboration

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006010

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Prospects of testing an UHECR single source class model with the K-EUSO orbital telescope 06011

Oleg Kalashev, Maxim Pshirkov and Mikhail Zotov

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921006011

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